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Best For Who Ch. 01

By: sirdave64



By Sirdave64. Copyright retained by the author for all purposes. 

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'The kids are asleep...finally,' I added an exaggerated groan to the final word as I trudged up the stairs. "Mid Week Mayhem" I had nicknamed Wednesday night's ritual of putting the kids to sleep. For some reason it was the most difficult night to get them down and it had become my night "on duty". Still, tonight hadn't been too bad once they had finished their baths. My son, Alexander (six years old - almost seven he would tell you) had fallen asleep before I'd reached the third page of the next chapter of Harry Potter. Courtney (eight years old - that's a LOT older than you Xander!) had lasted another ten pages before the eyelids became too heavy.

I was pulling my tie off, having loosened the knot as I bathed them, but stopped dead in my tracks as I reached the top of the stairs. My wife, Kelly, was standing in the kitchen in the skimpiest bikini I had ever seen her in. Her breasts, smallish C cups, were nicely encased by two triangles that covered just to the top of her nipples whilst supporting their fullness and pushing her flesh into a provocative cleavage that made them look larger. The bottoms were an equally small triangle that told those who looked that the wearer required a close relationship with a beautician familiar with the intricacies of waxing. It was a deep green and Kelly looked sensational. 

'Whadya think?' she asked when she saw me standing at the top of the stairs. She performed a pirouette, revealing her taut and rounded butt encased more modestly than her breasts or pubic areas.

'Sensational,' I replied honestly. 'What's the occasion?'

'I needed new swimmers,' Kelly replied, 'and these caught my eyes. How 'bout we have a drink, you get out of the office clothes and we go for a swim?'

'Deal,' I shot back at once. I sensed Kelly's mood was playful and given it had been nearly three weeks since we'd had sex, I was certainly agreeable to whatever plan she had. I grabbed some vodka from the drink cabinet as Kelly put some ice into two glasses. I found cranberry juice in the fridge door and was pouring it in when the doorbell rang. 

'I'll get it,' Kelly said and skipped down the stairs.

'Watch you don't fall out of that swimsuit,' I called with a smile. I looked at the clock and wondered who would be calling in at eight thirty unannounced. I could hear Kelly's voice, and another as well but couldn't make out what was being said. Then Kelly appeared on the stairs with what appeared to be a shocked look on her face. She caught my eye and mouthed something which I couldn't make out, then realised it was "say yes". Then behind her appeared a uniformed police officer.

'Um, this police officer wants to ask you about driving the BMW today Dave,' Kelly said. I tensed up as the BMW was Kelly's car and I hadn't driven it in weeks. But I knew that Kelly had been caught speeding three times recently and faced losing her license for another offence.

'What's up officer?' I asked, trying to sound relaxed and friendly.

'Were you driving the BMW parked outside, at around three fifteen this afternoon?' The police officer was female, but there was no softness in her voice.

'Um yes, why?' I felt uneasy with the lie but hoped it didn't show.

'It was driven through a school zone in excess of thirty kilometres above the speed limit, and you failed to stop when asked to do so by an officer of the law.'

Shit. That was the word that came to mind. This was more serious than I had first thought.

'Look officer, I don't remember seeing a school zone, and I certainly did not see a police car...'

'Can I see your license please?' The policewoman was standing just a few paces from me now and Kelly was shuffling nervously just behind her. I briefly imagined that my wife was feeling rather vulnerable dressed as she was. I pulled my wallet from my pocket and handed my license to the police woman. She read it, and then looked at me. 

'Sit down please,' she indicated to one of our kitchen chairs. I complied. 'Are you aware of the seriousness of the two offences you committed today?'

'Well yes,' I began, 'but I can assure you...'

'I'm placing you under arrest,' she interrupted before commencing read me my rights. As she did so she produced her handcuffs and cuffed my hands behind my back. Kelly had stuffed her hand into her mouth and was staring at me. 

'You can't just arrest him,' Kelly blurted out.

'Pardon?' The officer moved from behind me to stand between Kelly and me. Sitting down gave me a different perspective and despite my predicament I noticed that the policewoman had quite a nice peach shaped bum in her tight blue pants, and that the band of her jacket was pulled tight around a petite waist.

'You can't do this!' Kelly was getting angry now and I watched as she advanced on the policewoman.

'Stand back!' The policewoman put her hand out but Kelly continued forward. It happened quickly, the policewoman pushing forward and knocking Kelly off balance. In a second she had Kelly spread eagled on the kitchen bench, her head pushed forward.

'I'm placing you under arrest for assault on a police officer,' she was intoning. Kelly went to struggle, but then the officer's baton was resting on her shoulder. Kelly submitted and the officer stepped back. The baton was dragged down from her shoulder and across her back, then I blinked twice as the officer pushed it between Kelly's buttocks and down between her legs.

'You always dress like a slut?' 

'Hey!' I called and went to stand up. It was then I realised that she had not only cuffed my hands behind the back of the chair, but also used a second set of cuffs to attach me to the chair. I couldn't stand, instead the chair lifted with me.

'Sit down!' The police officer turned to look at me, then pulled off her peaked cap and flicked it onto the bench. As she did so long blonde hair spilled out from under it and fell down her back. I got a look at her face then; sharp cheek bones, a straight thin nose, full lips and eyes with too much make up on it for a policewoman. Kelly's groan brought the reality of the situation crashing onto me. This was a setup by my wife. We may not have sex that often now that we had kids, sometimes twice a month; sometimes not, but Kelly made up for it with these sorts of games. This was the first time however that it had been organised as a surprise. As I watched, the police officer was rubbing the baton quite vigorously between Kelly's legs and my wife was squealing in pleasure and grinding against it. 

'I think I might just let my baton have its way with your slutty wife,' the policewoman directed her statement to me over her shoulder, 'then we might see about a plea bargain from the pair of you.' With that she reached out and flicked the tie at the hip of Kelly's swimmer bottoms, flicking it open and down so that it slid part way down her other leg. Kelly spread her legs, owning the slutty tag bestowed upon her and I watched in amazement and with growing lust as the long end of the baton worked its way between her exposed lips and into my wife. Kelly groaned and squirmed and then pushed against the baton until at least half of it was inside her. The blonde moved closer and placed one hand on Kelly's back to hold her still, then commenced to sexually pound her with the baton. It took about thirty seconds of this almost violent treatment to make Kelly come with a squeal, her eyes screwed shut and her mouth open as she gasped for air. 

The blonde pulled the baton free and I could see it was slick with Kelly's juices as it was offered to my wife's mouth. Still gasping she licked the tip and let the arresting officer push it into her mouth. My cock was straining against my suit pants and I was eager to get involved, but both the women in front of me were acting as though I didn't exist. Kelly had turned to face the blonde, and lifted herself onto the bench, spreading her legs as wide as she could with her heels up on the marble top. This drew my eyes to the almost invisible thin strip of dark pubic hair that had been much fuller and obvious when she had stepped from the shower only this morning.

The blonde stepped forward, and again placed the baton into my wife's open pussy. Her actions were gentler now and this time she leaned forward and I watched as they kissed. It was tender and passionate and I almost came in my pants. As I mentioned, Kelly had organised such trysts for us before this, but I had never seen her kiss one of our playmates in this fashion. The blonde used her other hand to wrestle the skimpy bikini top off Kelly, releasing her breasts and their very hard nipples to my view and her touch. As she did so Kelly began tugging at the utility belt, letting it hit the tiled floor with a crash that for a moment I thought would wake the kids. How the hell would we explain this to them if they appeared at the top of the stairs? Such thoughts were erased as the uniformed shirt was slipped down over two slender shoulders; one decorated with a blue star and crescent moon tattoo, and then was pulled free of the tight pants. 

From my vantage point I could see the blonde's petite breasts swing free, not much more than a handful but apparently natural and firm. Kelly bent her head to lick at tiny nipples, then let her tongue trace its way up over the blonde's smooth chest, slender neck and onto her mouth again. Throughout this action neither woman even glanced my way.

'Ahem!' I needed release, and not just from the handcuffs. My cock was bent in an almost painful fashion. The women broke from their kiss and looked at me, Kelly's eyes seeming to see me for the first time and she smiled reassuringly.

'Soon', she said.

'I'm in pain,' I smiled back. The blonde turned and sashayed towards me, her petite breasts swaying with each step. I dragged my eyes from them to her face, as polite norms dictate you should, before realising that as a hired sex toy I could stare at whatever parts of her anatomy I desired.

'Let me help,' she purred, bending down to tug my belt loose before proceeding to release the fly of my pants. Her long slender fingers snaked into the folds of my trousers, tugged my erection free and let it point towards the ceiling. She squeezed the tip, smiled at me then turned back to Kelly. As I watched she released her own pants, revealing her spectacularly tight, peach shaped bottom. She kicked her shoes and pants free and walked back to Kelly, much to my growing frustration. 

Kelly had slipped from the bench and indicated that her playmate should take a similar position on the kitchen counter top. As the blonde turned towards me I saw that her pubic area was completely devoid of hair, revealing a slender lipped pussy that promised to be as tight as her bum appeared to be. 

'Open yourself,' Kelly instructed and the blonde reached between her open legs to part her outer lips. As though following a porn director's instructions, Kelly swept and tucked her hair behind her ear, giving me an unimpeded view as she began to stroke the open pussy before her with her tongue. The blonde moaned; real or not the sound stoked my arousal; and then Kelly closed her mouth over the other woman's clit, sucking at it while leaving me to imagine her tongue probing deep into the wetness being offered. I watched as the expression on the blonde's face became less controlled and realised that I was either watching a great actress or that she was in fact enjoying my wife's cunnilingus enormously. I decided on the latter when Kelly brought her hand up under her chin and seemed to ram her fingers into the blonde's pussy. Kelly's sex partner threw her head back and every muscle in her stomach and abdomen went into spasm as she came. Her thighs tensed and her legs quivered and I could hear soft guttural sounds escaping her throat as Kelly's tongue guided her through orgasm. If I could have rubbed my cock against anything softer than sandpaper I was fairly certain that I would've cum. Instead I was reduced to grunts of my own and twitching against my restraints that were now cutting into my wrists and sending my arms numb from being stretched behind me.

Kelly stood between the blonde's legs and they kissed again, slower and passionately this time and I groaned again in frustration. This time Kelly turned her back to her partner, letting the blonde slide her arms around her chest where her fingers commenced playing with my wife's erect nipples. 

'Something wrong?' Kelly's tone was teasing and soft but I could see the urgency in her eyes.

'Can I play?' I tried not to beg and it must've worked as Kelly stepped away and indicated that the blonde should release me. Our friend stooped to pick up her utility belt and fumbled around until she found some keys.

'Thought I'd forgotten them,' she said with a smile as she walked towards me again. This time the self confident sashay was not as evident as though she had not completely recovered her composure after her climax. She went to walk behind me then paused, turning to look at Kelly.

'Can I fuck him yet?'

'Sure,' Kelly said, sounding a little breathless. The blonde stepped in front of me, bent towards me and rolled a condom down my length. She straddled me then, her hands resting on my shoulders, and lowered herself with great control down my shaft. She was hot and tight, I could feel that through the rubber and I knew that if we had been bareback she would have been very wet too after Kelly's thorough tonguing. I tilted my head up to try and reach her mouth with mine but she leaned back with a soft laugh. Her breasts jiggled as she moved so I lowered my head to them and gently caressed her nipple with my tongue. Her skin was taut and smooth and I followed the line of her breast to her throat and up to her chin. Again she kept her mouth from mine but rested her forehead against mine as she rode me. 

'What's your name?' My voice had gone throaty as my lust grew.

'Anita,' she whispered. Her eyes were blue, a light almost crystalline colour and she had fixed her gaze on mine. We moved together and it was intimate, despite the growing line of fire that was arcing down my back from my shoulder blades and the spreading numbness in my arms. 

'Bring him to the bedroom when you're ready.' Kelly's voice sounded distant and glancing around Anita's slim form I saw the naked bottom of my wife swaying towards our bedroom. 

'Undo my arms Anita,' I said with as much command as I could muster. 'They're going numb.'

'Okay,' she said and stepped up and off me. For a moment I regretted speaking, but I reassured myself that Anita was going to give me more pleasure before the night was out. I groaned as the handcuffs were undone and the blood began to throb through my arms, sending a million points of pins and needles down their length. Anita didn't wait, instead she walked towards the bedroom door, never looking back but I knew that she knew that my eyes were feasting on her perfect bottom and tiny waist. I went to stand and follow, but my pants slid to my knees and threatened to trip me, so I sat again, pulled off my shoes, pants and boxers, before deciding to go all out and pulled off my business shirt that was looking rather rumpled now.

I tried not to run to the bedroom, but the smile on Anita's face told me that my own expression betrayed my eagerness. She was lying in the centre of the bed, resting her head on my pillow. Her legs were parted and the leg nearest me was draped around Kelly's lap. Kelly was sitting on the side of the bed, stroking the slender leg and she looked up at me as I appeared in the doorway.

'Will you fuck her while I watch?' It was perhaps a strange question for my wife to ask, but I was happy to comply, crawling onto the bed and up along Anita's hard body. The condom was still firmly in place on my erection which hadn't subsided since our last coupling, and so as I moved into place I simply directed myself into her open entrance. Anita lifted her hips slightly and I pushed deep inside her in one smooth motion. She smiled at me again and this time let me kiss her on the mouth, though she showed none of the enthusiasm she had when kissing Kelly. Never the less the feel of her tongue against mine sent my lust soaring and I pushed hard into her sex. I longed for the heightened sensation of being bareback, but these games had rules.

Her pussy was tight, and at some level I knew that it was because she was hired help and not necessarily that eager. Still, I was enjoying her lithe body under mine as she pushed back against me with enough enthusiasm to drive my pleasure higher. Her nipples were hard points and I sucked on one then the other, then pushed two fingers into her mouth. Anita glared at me but sucked them obediently. Kelly knelt beside us and ran her hand from Anita's throat, over her breasts and onto her stomach, pausing as if to feel the other woman's muscles tense and relax. Then she put one hand on my abdomen and as I pulled back, ready to thrust into Anita again, she pushed me clear, smiled at me and wedged herself between us. I moved off the bed, my cock slick inside its rubber casing and watched as my beautiful wife began to tongue Anita's pussy that was still gaping after my extraction. 

'You can fuck me babe,' Kelly broke contact to urge me forward again, and then she returned to Anita. I rolled the condom off my erection, grabbed the base of my shaft and positioned myself behind my wife. I ran the tip of my cock along her slit, rewarded with her waggling her ass at me. Anita was gasping under Kelly's attention, and not wanting Kelly to lose concentration I pushed forward with small, slow movements, first slipping the head inside, then an inch; then another. Kelly held her hips still, though her head bobbed up and down and side to side and Anita's body seemed to react in unison with more exaggerated motions. It was a highly erotic sight. 

Finally I was buried fully inside Kelly, savouring the heat and wetness, and I grabbed her waist and began to thrust into her. Kelly grunted and seemed to start working even harder on Anita, who in turn began to moan and thrash around on the bed. I came first, my cum bubbling up from within and a wave of pleasure crashing through me at the first contraction as I slammed deep inside Kelly's pussy. I stayed deep, my senses blocked by the white noise of my own climax. As I came back to my senses I realised that Kelly was almost oblivious to my shrinking cock as it retreated from its slick home, instead she seemed to have redoubled her efforts. Anita had locked both her hands behind Kelly's head and seemed to be in pain judging by the expression on her face, her mouth open in a silent shriek and her eyes screwed shut. She came with a long explosion of breath and her whole torso went rigid, her breasts jiggling, her abdomen muscles taut and her thighs tensed. 

'Yes, yes, yes!' she yelled, pulling harder until Kelly finally had to gasp out in pain. Anita released her grip at once with a laugh, and Kelly instantly was in her arms and they were kissing with a deep passion. I felt a twitch in my groin, but I knew that our time was probably almost up and that Anita would soon have to leave. They cuddled for a few minutes, then Kelly turned to me, her face radiant and our mouths met with passion. Anita slipped quietly from the room and Kelly followed to let her out shortly after. 

I lay on the bed in the luxurious radiance of the afterglow of good sex. I didn't realise it was to be the last time I would have sex with my wife.

***

Saturday was more mundane. Kelly put the kids to bed, we watched SVU and were lights out by ten thirty. Sunday I took the kids to the park. Looking back now, when I came home Kelly seemed a little distracted. Or maybe that is the passage of time and events that make me think that's how she was. 


Best For Who Ch. 01



***

On Monday she was gone.

At four in the afternoon, as I was frantically searching my office for an agreement that an important client was coming to sign off on in thirty minutes, my mobile rang. It was the kid's teacher from their primary school informing me that as Kelly hadn't picked them up, they would be transferred to the after school care facility. 

'Have you rung Kelly?' I asked, unable to hide the exasperation from my voice.

'Of course, but the phone doesn't ring, I keep getting one of those "not in a service area" messages.' Miss Devine, Alexander's teacher sounded remarkably calm for a Friday afternoon. I guess that's why she was a primary teacher, I mused.

'Okay, I'll try to call her.'

'Sure, just don't forget that the after school centre closes at six. Have a nice weekend,' and the line went dead.

'Six!' Shit. I was almost an hour drive from the school and I knew I had no chance of leaving by five and little of getting free by five-thirty. I rang Kelly's mobile to hear the message Miss Devine told me I would hear and then rang home to leave a garbled message for Kell to 'pick up or ring me back asap.' Then I found the finalised copy of the agreement and breathed a sigh of relief. I sent Kell a text message asking where she was. Then the clients arrived early.

At five fifteen I ushered them from the office, and breathed another sigh of relief. They had signed and paid their deposit. Life could go on. Then I realised that I had forgotten about the kids. I checked my mobile for a message or missed call and found neither rang home. Still no answer. I began the process of logging off the computer and locking my office.

'Ten minutes: boardroom.' It was Brent, the CEO.

'Sure,' I shot back as I wrestled my laptop into its case. 'Fuck it!' I muttered as his shadow disappeared down the hall.

With the smell of desperation about me I rang our babysitter who I thought lived somewhere near the school.

'Jodi speaking.' 

'Hi Jodi, it's Dave, um, Alex and Courtney's Dad?'

'Oh hi, how are you?'

'Fine...actually I'm not, I'm in a pickle. I can't contact Kelly and the school rang to say that she hasn't picked up the kids. I was wondering if you were anywhere near the school and if you could help out?'

'Sure, I'm at home so I'm only ten minutes away. Do you want to pick them up from my place, or will I take them home?'

'If you could get them home, I'll owe you big time.' The tension was leaving my body, but a mix of anger and concern was rushing through me as I wondered what was up with Kelly. 

'No worries, what time will you be home?'

'Don't know, the boss just called a meeting. Seven maybe? Do you have plans tonight that I'm trying to ruin?'

'No,' she laughed and I pictured the corners of her mouth crinkling up as she did, 'no social life for me, so whenever you get home is fine. I'll get 'em fed if you like.'

'Thanks Jodi,' I sighed, 'you've saved my arse. Oh yeah, Courtney has a house key, okay?'

'Sure, and don't forget to ring the school and tell them I'm coming.' I would've forgotten too, had she not reminded me.

'Oh yeah, thanks.' After hanging up I rang the school and gave Jodi authorisation to pick up the kids.

I got home at eight thirty.

Kelly wasn't there. Nor did her parents know where she was. I spent an hour ringing friends, family and acquaintances. No one knew. 

Jodi offered to stay the night and look after the kids the next morning. I accepted her offer. At eleven, devoid of ideas and having had the police tell me that they wouldn't do anything until she was missing for forty eight hours, I went to bed. Under my pillow was a small folded note in Kelly's handwriting.

"Dave, I'm sorry but I have to go. I don't know where I'll go, but I need you to trust me that I have to do this. Tell the kids I'm sorry too, that I love them, and that I will see them soon. I don't know how soon, but I will come back.

love Kelly"

I read the note again. 

The next day I started ringing friends and family again, then friends of friends and people I thought might be Kelly's friends. No one could, or would, tell me why or where she had gone. Bill and Irene, Kelly's parents, wanted me to press the police to start their investigation and that they believed that the note indicated that she had been kidnapped. I tried to point out that a ransom note would've been more likely, but in their state of mind they didn't want to listen. I had to hang up on them, given that my own state of mind was precarious.

The kids starting asking for Mummy big time on the Saturday afternoon. I told them that she'd be back soon, but despite an endless stream of calls to Kelly's mobile, text messages and emails to her account, she remained "invisible." On Sunday I told the kids that I didn't know when she was coming back, or where she was. It was a hell of a day.

***

The next three weeks were a blur as I tried to juggle my job with getting the kids to and from school, running the household and searching for clues as to where Kelly had disappeared. I had so little time that I barely considered the why, the where was my first imperative. The police opened a file on her as a missing person, but I could tell that because of the note, and its admission that she had to leave, it wasn't going to be a national news story. She hadn't gone jogging at night and not returned. The only upside to the low interest of the police was that I wasn't under suspicion, yet. I finally had to engage the services of a private investigator, partly at the suggestion of the police officer in charge of the file. They didn't use the word "case". Kelly's disappearance was just a file. I had to engage someone to do the leg work because as a suddenly single father, I just didn't have time for much beyond work and the kids. Martin Brandis, a 39 year old decorated ex cop from Sword Security and Investigative Services took on my case. That's what SSIS called it, a case. It resonated better with me.

Bill and Irene helped out, but being in their late sixties and with Bill's heart condition combined with their own natural concern about their daughter; it wasn't too easy for them. After school care only had vacancies one day a week, which added to the stress. I was hiring Jodi, once, then twice, then three times a week to take up the slack. My performance at work was falling, but everyone was sensitive enough to what I was going through not to mention it. For now.

***

On the Thursday in the fourth week since she had left, Martin reported that our faux policewoman Anita was in fact an escort who still worked for the same brothel at the top end of town. Interestingly Anita admitted Kelly had used her services twice in one on one encounters at the brothel, claiming she liked to "roadtest" our playmates. Martin also informed me that a contact within the Customs and Border Control serviced had informed him that that Kelly had flown out of Australia bound for Singapore the Saturday morning after I had found the note. Three days later she had departed Singapore for India, but there had been no further registration of Kelly's passport across foreign borders. Once in India she would be able to renew her visa quite easily. I thanked Martin and hung up. Where and Why seemed even more elusive now.

***

The next afternoon, Friday, Jodi rang at four. She asked if she could stay the night. She was picking up the kids as usual and would normally go home once I had arrived. I said sure, and when I walked into the house at seven, I found the kids in their pyjamas in front of the television as usual, and the warm smell of something nice cooking. For a moment my heart raced as I thought Kelly had returned. 

'Hi Dave!' It was Jodi's voice.

'Hi Jodes,' I called back. I kicked my shoes off at the front door and walked up the stairs into the open plan dining and kitchen area. 'Smells good.'

'Thai green chicken curry,' Jodi replied. She was wearing an apron my grandmother had made Kelly one Christmas, and I was pretty sure one she had never worn. Jodi had her dark brown hair up in a pony tail and was washing some dishes in the sink.

'What's the occasion?' I asked.

'You're doing me a favour letting me stay the night, so I thought I'd do you a favour and cook dinner.' 

'Thanks,' I offered, and wandered off to the bedroom to get changed. With summer coming the weather was warming so I slipped on shorts and a tee shirt, relishing shedding the office attire. 

At seven thirty Jodi and I shooed the kids into bed - they'd had school athletics that afternoon and I got a detailed report about Alexander running second in the 400m and Courtney coming seventh in the long jump and first in the 100m. I was proud of them, but disappointed that they hadn't had a parent present to support them. They were exhausted and fell asleep before I'd read the second page. 

I climbed the stairs to find Jodi serving up the dinner. She had poured some wine and went to set the table when I suggested we eat on the balcony. The upper floor of our house had a wide balcony that looked across the harbour to the city lights beyond. In the warmer months it was my favourite place to be after dark. 

'So why can't you go home tonight Jodes?' I asked after finishing and thanking her for a very nice meal.

'I got kicked out for being behind in the rent.'

'Oh,' I said.

'Trying to finish Uni and pay the bills on a part time waitress wage sucks,' she laughed. 

'What're you going to do?'

'I've got a friend who I can rent a room from,' Jodi continued. 'She's in Sydney tonight, she'll be back tomorrow.'

'I won't be able to keep picking up the kids Dave.' Jodi dropped the bombshell in a voice that told me that she felt guilty. 'Amberley lives on the other side of the city, near the Uni and where I work. I won't have the time to do all the travel. I'm sorry.' I felt gutted, the feeling that I had been gradually getting on top of my new life was being swept away.

'Another drink?' Jodi asked.

'Yeah, but vodka please. On ice.' 

'Can I have one too?' she asked. I smiled and nodded. A plan was unfolding as my mind raced in overdrive.

'How much was your rent?' I asked when she returned with two tumblers half full of vodka and ice.

'Two hundred a week,' she replied. 

'And how much at your friend's place?' 

'Um, I dunno, it's a flash place so maybe one fifty.'

'What do you have left over each week?'

'What's this, the Spanish Inquisition?' she laughed.

'Maybe,' I shrugged.

'About minus fifty.' She laughed again but I saw her eyes moisten. 

'Live here,' I said suddenly. 'I'll pay you one fifty a week, that's about fifty less than I am now, but I'll throw in all your food, phone, you'll have no extras. You pick up the kids as usual, once I get home, you can do whatever you want. Weekends are yours unless I need to go to work in which case the normal hourly rate will apply.'

'I don't know Dave,' Jodi replied, looking shocked at my offer.

'Why not?'

'I...I...'

'Look if you'd rather live with your friend, I understand. But I get the feeling that maybe you need a bit more of a hand to make sure you get Uni finished. When's that, the end of next year?'

'Yeah...'

'Think it over,' I said. 'Go see your friend tomorrow, check out her place, her rules...see if you can let me know by Sunday. If you don't want to stay, I'll pay you double next week to continue while I try and find a solution to my problem.'

***

On Sunday afternoon, while the kids played in the pool and I watched the season's first one day cricket match on the television, Jodi rang.

'Why are you being so generous?'

'Did your friend tell you to ask that?' I laughed. I was trying to keep the tension from my voice. I was desperately hoping that Jodi would accept my offer.

'Yeah, she did,' Jodi replied and I could see her smile. 'But why?'

'Because I dunno where I can get someone as reliable as you, who I like, and more importantly who the kids like, even if I pay an absolute fortune to some agency. And that's not something I want to go through. You've saved my bacon repeatedly from day one Jodes. If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't be coping at work and at home, and I really...I'm barely coping now. If I can help you, then I guess I'm really helping myself too.'

'Okay.' Her voice sounded small. 'It'll be a trial period at first, for both of us. Understand?' 

'Sure,' I said my heart leaping in gratitude.

'Okay, after maybe two weeks, we'll see how we're doing. '

'Absolutely,' I agreed with a wide grin on my face. 

'I'll see you at six.' 

'Want dinner?' I asked out of the blue. I hadn't even realised I was going to ask it. For a moment I thought the question sounded a bit creepy...possessive maybe.

'Sure,' she said. I leapt off the couch, my mood lighter than it had been since the day before Kelly had left. Alex and Courtney were beside themselves with excitement when I told them that Jodi would be living with us. They took it on themselves to clean out the spare bedroom, which until now had been part guest room, part storage room and part play room. Despite all their disagreements, they were great friends and had chosen to sleep in the same room, despite the presence of the spare. Right now, that was great by me. I moved the heavy items into the garage, Courtney moved their toys into their room and Alex changed the bed.

Jodi arrived just after six, the kids swamping her at the door. I was grinning ear to ear and felt a twinge of my own as I saw her tear up. She knelt and hugged the kids tightly, fastidiously avoiding meeting my eyes.

'Welcome to your new home Jodes,' I said. We spent fifteen minutes unloading her rather old car of all her worldly possessions. At seven we sat down together and ate the cold roast beef salad I had prepared. The kids talked non stop about how much fun they were going to have together, until at eight I ordered them to bed. Jodi went to help them when I reminded her and the kids that the deal was that the weekends were her free time. She smiled and shook her head, and escorted the kids downstairs to their room. I was ordered away by the three of them after a goodnight kiss, and poured two vodkas in preparation. I raised my glass to my reflection in the window at my good fortune.

Jodi appeared up the stairs shortly afterwards and accepted her glass with a smile. It turned out that whilst Amberley was only going to charge her a hundred a week, plus expenses of course, her rather wild party lifestyle was a bit much for Jodi, given her need to study and sleep. But, ultimately, the chance to have some money in her wallet for her rather than for an overdue bill appealed big time too. It turned out that she owed around two grand to various people and places. I hit on another idea.

'Sell your car, you can use Kelly's.' I drove Kelly's red BMW once a week to keep it ticking over. 

'I can't.' 

'It sits there Jodes. Pay off some of your debts, including that back rent so you don't end up with a bad credit rating. Use the car; I'll happily pay for the petrol.'

'Dave...' her eyes moistened again.

'Stop it, you'll make me all gushy too,' I joked. She put down her drink and gave me a hug. I smelt her then, for the first time. A hint of the perfume she had put on, probably that morning. Her smell, from the heat of the day, driving her un-air conditioned car across town, unloading boxes. Her body was warm against mine, firm with her youth and feminine. I missed that. We pulled apart and I smiled, my heart hammering a little at the unexpected contact.

'Thanks.' I offered.

'And to you too, remember?'

***

We settled into a new routine very quickly. Every second weekend Bill and Irene would take the kids, Jodi dropping them off after school and me picking them up on Sunday afternoon, usually enjoying a family roast. We tried not to talk about Kelly too much; it upset the kids, especially Courtney who still wanted to know when her Mum was coming home. Alex simply turned away and amused himself with something else if the topic arose. Martin, my investigator had subcontracted an agency in India to try and track Kelly's movements there. They had found the hotel in Chennai where she had stayed for a week after arriving, then confirmed that she had bought a first class sleeper ticket on the train to New Delhi. She had not checked into any of the upmarket hotels in the capital, and the city of 14 million, popular with western tourists had an endless number of backpacker and smaller hotels, many of which wouldn't ask for a passport if offered a few hundred rupees. Kelly could have hired one of the thousands of private "taxis" that operated in the city, and been driven to any of the popular tourist getaways within a day's drive. There was no legal requirement for them to register or even check her passport. The trail had gone cold, and the amount of money I was spending was starting to concern me. Martin informed me that he would keep the case open, mostly with an occasional check of his Customs contacts. There was little else that I could do, or at least afford to do. I needed to reclaim, or at least claim, a life of my own again.

*** 

On those Fridays when the kids went away, I would usually go out after work with the office crowd, something I had done BKA - Before Kelly's Absence. It was about three weeks after the new arrangements had started when my boss, Brent cornered me in the bar. 

'How're things?' It sounded innocuous enough but I knew what he meant.

'Still got no fucking idea where she is,' I said, raising my voice above the growing din of the crowd. 'But okay otherwise.' I offered a tight lipped smile and he nodded.

'You're back on the game at work.' His voice was just loud enough for me to hear and no-one else overhear. He looked around casually as he spoke.

'Thanks.' I meant it when I said it. I knew that until a few weeks ago, my job was on the line. I think this was Brent's way of telling me that he had thought so too, but now it was okay.

'Keep it up.' He raised his glass and I reciprocated. Then he wandered off in the direction of one of the two new receptionists. Married as he was, he found it hard to resist the attraction of new flesh in a short skirt. I suddenly had a desire to get home, go for a cleansing swim and wake up on Saturday morning without a hangover.

Jodi was sitting on the balcony reading a text book. She waved as I came up the stairs and I waved back. There had been no more moments of intimacy or hugs since that Sunday. I changed into my board shorts and wandered back down the stairs, through what I called the kids' living room and into the back yard. Our pool was just a small one, enough for the kids and not too hard to look after. I plunged in, savouring the coolness of the water as it streamed through my hair and around my body. I held my breath and floated motionless, my body slowly rising to the surface. As I began to roll I stood up. 

'Staying in?' Jodi was leaning over the balcony smiling.

'Just to cool off,' I responded. 

'Sounds good, I'll be down in a moment.' 

Five minutes later she emerged in an elegant pale green swimsuit that instantly reminded the male part of my brain that she was in fact quite an attractive young woman. I looked away until she had dived in, pretending to watch an aircraft that was circling above the harbour. 

'Oh that's nice,' she said, 'I'm sick to death of studying.'

'Fair enough too,' I responded. 'How're the kids and their grandparents?' Jodi gave me a back brief on the kids' day and said that for the first time Bill and Irene had invited her in for a cup of tea, which she accepted.

'They kind of gave me the third degree,' she laughed. 

Bill and Irene had raised their eyebrows when I told them about Jodi moving in. It took me some time to convince them that it was no more than a convenient arrangement for us both.




Best For Who Ch. 01



'They seemed happy enough with my answers,' she added, 'though Irene wasn't pleased when I told them I was single.'

'Well, you know us youngsters,' I quipped and we laughed. We both splashed around for a bit, until I said that I was going to order in take away. 

'Count me in,' Jodi said. 

'Not going out?' I asked.

'No, too hard,' she responded. 

'No wonder you're single,' I shot back. Her cheeks reddened and I dropped the topic as we retired to our rooms to change. 

We moved onto the balcony and awaited our take away, draining vodkas at a rapid rate. By the time the food arrived my head was starting to spin. We wolfed down our meals, before the assault on the vodka bottle resumed. So much for the no hangover I had hoped for.

'What's going to happen when Kelly comes back?' Jodi's question came out of the blue as we sat and watched the lights reflecting off the bay. 

'What do you mean?' 

'You know, me, you...her?' For a moment I misunderstood the question, then I realised that she was asking me no more than about our arrangement. I needed to stop thinking about her as a woman...after all I was double her age, 36 against 18. 

'Jodes, I'll admit I didn't think much about what Kelly returning might mean. But I gave you my word; you get to keep your room until you finish Uni. Okay?'

'Thanks.' We looked at each other and she smiled.

'What do you miss most?'

'About Kelly?' I knew that was what she meant.

'Yeah.'

'Being Mum to the kids, Courtney especially...'

'I know that the kids miss her. Especially Alex, you notice he doesn't talk about her any more?'

'Yeah, I thought that might be a sign he's moving on?'

'No Dave,' Jodi retorted sounding a little exasperated with me. 'It means he's suppressing his emotions. Keep an eye on him, okay?'

'Sure,' I said a little bewildered.

'I meant what do you miss about her being gone?'

'Her company I guess,' I said a little unsure. 'And her unpredictability, in a good way,' I added, smiling to myself as I recalled being "arrested" in the kitchen. 'I'll be honest,' I said, the alcohol freeing my tongue, 'I miss the sex too.'

'Good was it?'

'Very good,' I responded. 'Sorry, I'm sure you don't want to know,' I laughed.

'I thought your sex life ended when kids arrived,' she laughed.

'Yeah it does for most,' I responded, 'and I'll admit under the influence of truth serum,' I held up my glass, 'that it wasn't like before kids, you know? But when it happened with Kell, there was nearly always something surprising going on. I tell you Jodes, she could be wild in bed...or anywhere else for that matter.' It seemed that I had forgotten that Jodi was a woman an eighteen year old at that, and I felt like I was talking to one of my close male friends. Talk was suddenly what I wanted to do. 

'Really?' Jodi's tone was curious.

'Yeah,' I drained my drink. 'But you probably don't want to hear...' I tried to check my loosening tongue.

'Go on, try me,' she prompted. So I told her about the threesome on the kitchen bench, the bikini, the policewoman and by the time I had finished I was as hard as a rock.

'Did she like, I mean was she, you know bi? Or just liked watching you...with others?' I thought in the half light I could detect a blush on Jodi's cheeks. 

'She was, well all that. I dunno why she liked to do it, keep the spice in our love life perhaps. And there was other things like that too,' I carried on. 'Like the time she blew me while we drove across town at two in the morning. Christ it was hard to stop at the traffic lights!'

'I bet. I can't imagine doing something like that!' The thought of Jodi blowing someone in the car brought the reality of my situation crashing onto me. 

'Um, yeah, well, there you go,' I stammered, suddenly uncomfortable. 'I think I might turn in.' 

'Okay.' 

I raced off the balcony and into my room, my head reeling with too much alcohol and the stupidity of sharing my private life with Jodi. But I was horny, so I fished out one of my porn DVDs from the back of my undies draw and slipped it into the player. I turned down the volume, and stripped naked and sprawled on my bed. I skipped the first scene, a conventional male female one on one. The next showed two women with one man. I watched as the women kissed, tongues entwining and my cock hardened. I wrapped my hand around the shaft and squeezed, lifting my hips into my grip. I pressed the bulbous tip with my thumb as the man, naked, climbed onto the bed behind the women. He ran his hand down the blonde's shoulder and I ached to feel a woman's flesh. I began to pump my shaft, my heart thumping as the brunette began to fellate his impossibly large cock and the blonde kissed him. I was approaching my climax when my door opened and Jodi stepped in.

'Dave,' she began. Then, 'oh shit..oh...' she turned and I saw her glance from my cock, to the television, then back again to me. She paused, and then raced out, slamming the door behind her. I remained frozen, staring at the door, my eyes flicking to the screen where the sex scene continued, unaware of the unfortunate interruption. Part of me said I needed to go after Jodi and apologise. A more primal part said I needed release first. I grabbed the remote and fast forwarded to the money shot. He pumped his cock as the brunette ran her tongue over his tip. I matched his movements and as his come shot across her mouth and face; mine shot into the air and landed on my abdomen, thighs and fingers. He had two women lick him clean, I had to sidle into the bathroom and find a washer.

Dressing in my boxers and a tee shirt, I walked from my room to the top of the stairs. Jodi's door was shut and there was no light showing along the bottom. I decided cowardice was the better part of valour and I returned to my bed, falling asleep in minutes.

***

The next morning I was awoken by the sounds of Jodi making breakfast at about half past nine. I was surprised that my hangover was rather mild. The memory of Jodi walking in on me rushed back, and for a moment I was tempted to hide in my room and hope she went out somewhere. But finally I decided I needed to confront what happened and so I emerged from my room to find the kitchen bathed in brilliant sunshine and a gentle breeze blowing through the room.

'Morning,' I offered in a subdued voice.

'I'm really sorry.' Jodi sounded contrite and she looked terrible, as though she hadn't slept.

'You don't need to be, I should probably say sorry too,' my voice trailed off as I was unsure what else to say.

'No, I should've knocked...'

'Let's forget about this okay?'

'Okay,' she agreed with a small but genuine smile.

'You don't look too well...'

'I was so angry at myself,' she said, 'I slept badly.'

'If its any consolation, I slept really well, so maybe we just need to put it completely behind us. We're both adults, no harm done...hey?'

'Okay,' she said.

And surprisingly, we did.

***

Except that I couldn't stop thinking about sex. Up to then I'd been so stressed about Kelly's disappearance, possibly losing my job and the kids that I hadn't thought about dipping the wick even once. But the previous night's conversation had acted as a catalyst to the normalcy that had returned to my life. But masturbation wasn't going to make up for the drought I had experienced. 

A couple of weeks later, again when the kids were with thes, Jodi told me she would be staying with her friend Amberley over the weekend for a big party. That was great from my point of view, as it would allow me to address my drought. After all the times Kelly had hired a hooker for us I figured that it was a simple way to relieve my tension. 

Getting onto the net revealed that my city had a number of up market escort services, including a number that displayed pictures of the women employed there. It took some browsing but I found what, or rather who I wanted. A phone call and I had booked Sandy for eleven that evening. 

I ate some leftovers, started to pace around the house before remembering that the football was on, and managed to keep myself distracted until the game was obviously going to be a blow out. It was around ten. I was feeling nervous, so I showered, my thoughts consumed by sex. I hardened as I soaped myself, and had to fight not to take myself to a quick climax. 

I dressed in a light shirt and jeans, keeping my feet bare, then wrestled with my conscience before weakening. I went downstairs and selected a tight short sleeve top from Jodi's wardrobe, and found her denim cutoffs in a drawer. The top had a tee shirt style neckline, was white with horizontal dark blue bands and a deep v-back. I arranged them on Jodi's bed, glanced at my watch and saw that I still had fifteen minutes to wait, so I returned to the kitchen to mix myself a drink.

Sandy was fifteen minutes late, by which time I was on my second drink. I almost ran down the stairs and opened it to find a five foot four, olive skinned beauty with shoulder length brown hair smiling at me. She looked as good as her on line photo and I invited her in. She was wearing a very tight red cotton sun dress that showed off her ample C cups, her small curved waist, rounded butt and slender legs. She accepted a drink which I made as she watched, before she called her agency, no doubt to report that I was alone and not wielding an axe. We made small talk while we drank. Sensing my nervousness, Sandy placed her glass down, took the initiative and pressed her body against my side. She lifted her head and we kissed. When you pay what I was paying, kissing is part of the deal. 

'Sandy,' I broke off the kiss, though I kept my free arm around her waist and my hand on her perfect butt. 'I wondered if, um...before we start...if you would mind changing clothes?'

'Not at all,' she smiled.

'In the downstairs bedroom, there's some clothes on the bed,' I rushed, 'and could you put your hair up in a pony tail?'

'Certainly,' she replied, and she walked to the stairs. 'And are you coming down, or...?'

'No, up here,' I replied, pointing towards my bedroom. My heart was racing so I drained my drink and headed into the room. It seemed like an eternity before she walked through the doorway. Her hair was longer, but not by much. The most noticeable differences were her darker skin and her fuller breasts. But she was a passable facsimile of Jodi. 

'Wow,' I muttered.

'I look like her?' I nodded. 'Do you want to use her name?' As she spoke Sandy moved closer to me until we were inches apart. 

'Is that okay?' She smiled at me in a way that told me I could call her anything I wanted. 

'Kiss me Jodi,' I whispered. 

Our lips touched, and then her tongue flicked against mine with a softness that hinted at a degree of chasteness...or uncertainty. I closed my eyes and was holding Jodi against me, her body not pushing against mine, not straining for me but rather ever so slightly resisting further intimate contact. As Jodi would I imagined, uncertain of being with me, an older man, married with kids. My lust rose and I slipped my hands from her waist to her buttocks and pulled her hips closer.

'No,' she gasped, trying to pull away. But I held her in place with one hand, using my other hand to grip her neck and pull her face to mine. She gasped again; a small protest then I thrust my tongue into her mouth. Months of sexual frustration, pent up behind a wall of stress, anger, confusion and loneliness was about to explode. Sure I'd used my hand plenty of times, but this woman was real, her skin taut and warm, her breasts pushing against my chest, her tongue in my mouth. But it was her scent above all else that filled me with desire. Her perfume was minimal but it was the closeness of her that filled my nostrils and drove my emotions beyond simple lust into animal desire. 

I pushed my hands between us and grabbed at the metal clasp of the denim shorts. I fumbled once, twice and sensed she was going to help me when they clicked undone and at once I pushed them down over her hips. They dropped to the floor and the flesh of her thighs was under the palms of my hands, smoother and warmer than I remember Kelly's to be, though later I was sure it was not greatly different but the bitterness of my betrayal that wanted it to be better. The cotton boy shorts yielded with happy compliance to my hands as they vanished downwards and I cupped her taut buttocks. 

'Dave, we need to stop...' I cut her off with my tongue again and she moaned her protest. She was playing Jodi as though she had gained an insight into my life and it turned me on even more. I wanted her to undo my jeans, to release my straining cock from the confines of cloth that enveloped it, but that was not what Jodi would do. So instead I used one hand to release my belt and flick loose the stud before I pushed them down as best I could. Sandy's hands were still on my chest, holding the small barrier in place despite her lower half being naked and our mouths being mashed together. Now I took one hand and guided it, using enough force to overcome her reluctance, to the stretched front of my underwear and squeezed her hand around me. 

Releasing her she took her cue, using soft jerky movements to caress me. Now her tongue was moving against mine, not to block my intrusion into her mouth but to seek mine and flick against it. Her other hand slipped from my chest and her upper body pressed against mine and her hand began to move with greater certainty and authority. I explored the V of flesh between her shoulder blades and realised that she was not wearing a bra. I pulled at the hem of her tee shirt and she moved back enough to let me pull it up over her head, forcing her to release me. As soon as the shirt was gone her hand was back on me, and I caught only a glimpse of her rounded breasts as they bounced free, then they were against my chest.

Her other hand was now tugging my jeans downwards and I was glad of the decision to remain barefoot as I kicked them free. Her hands pulled my shirt free and for the first time in months I felt the soft warm skin of another human being against my chest. It was divine and I growled my appreciation. 

Sandy led me to the bed, taking command in a subtle manner that I didn't recognise until after the events of the evening had ended. She pushed me back so that I landed heavily, straddled me, her breasts level with my face and the thin strip of dark hair on her mound brushing against my abdomen. I kissed then licked her nipples, watching them harden under my mouth and was fascinated with the way the softness of her breasts yielded against my mouth as I had been in my first encounter with breasts as a teenager. 

As I played with her breasts she lowered her hips ever so slightly and began to rub her slit across the top of my cock, restrained as it still was in its cover of cotton. After a few minutes I wanted to surrender myself to this nymph and fell back against the bed in supplication. Sandy slipped from my lap and pulled down my last vestige of clothing, leaving me pointing upwards with a drop of clear fluid oozing from the tip and threatening to drop onto my abdomen. Sandy ran her hands up my thighs, smiled at me, and then lowered her mouth to me.

'Jodes, no...' I protested in a feeble voice that completely lacked conviction. Her mouth engulfed me to the base and I groaned in a deep lust. As she pulled her mouth free I realised that I was encased in a thin sheet of transparent red rubber and marvelled at her ability to have prepared the condom as she stripped me bare. 

'Shhh, Dave,' she whispered, 'I want to do this as much as you want me to.' And then her mouth was on me again, her face lowered to my abdomen, one hand caressing my thigh the other my chest. Her head moved with a steady up and down rhythm and I could feel her tongue caressing my length as she pleasured me. But her touch was light as if she sensed the drought I had experienced and therefore had evaluated my need and my likely lack of stamina. For that I was grateful. I lay still, my eyes closed as I savoured every up and down movement of her mouth. In my mind and on my flesh it was Jodi that worked on me, and the thought that she would do this excited me towards completion. It was only the corresponding feelings of guilt at my depravity towards my teenage au pair that helped to keep my completion at bay. 

Lost in this conundrum of pleasure and guilt I barely registered Sandy's mouth leaving me and her repositioning herself above me. Then it was her pussy that slid down my length as effortlessly as her mouth had. I opened my eyes and gasped at her beauty as she supported her weight on my chest with both hands and rode me with a slowness that ensured I would last and be able to savour our sex. Her eyes were locked on mine with an intensity that made me squirm. She smiled when our eyes met then leaned forward and kissed me, stopping her movement so that I was buried completely inside her. Her kiss was soft and I responded in kind, suppressing the urgent desire to roll her onto her back and pound her with every ounce of strength I had. That was the anger, the need to avenge myself against Kelly's abandonment by having forceful sex with another woman. It was the type of sex Kelly liked and so part of my brain figured that by giving myself such pleasure with another woman that somehow my hurt would be lessened. But I had no ability to control this situation with Sandy, for in my mind she was now Jodi and I could never imagine myself violating her naivety. Although I would.

Sandy pressed her cheek against mine and began to ride me again, lifting her hips ever so slightly and then pushing back down against me. Her breath was hot in my ear and with each downward thrust she let loose a small gasp of pleasure. Whether it was for my benefit or real pleasure didn't matter, all I knew was that in a few moments I was going to cum. 

'Stop!' I pushed Sandy upwards with more force than I intended and had to grab her lower arms to stop her falling from the bed onto the tiled floor. Sandy squealed in surprise and I knew that this response was genuine and using her lack of balance to my advantage I flicked her onto her back beside me on the bed. At once I was between her legs, forcing her thighs apart as my mouth sought and found the naked lips that moments before my cock had been buried in. 

My tongue encountered sufficient wetness to tell me that her gasping wasn't entirely an act and then I pushed my mouth against her mound and thrust my tongue inside her as far as I could reach. Again my senses were overwhelmed by the almost forgotten taste and smell of a woman's sex. It is that arousal that so overwhelms me that I could almost cum by thrusting myself against the bed, the squirming of her body against my lips and tongue that drives a sense of power and control more than pinning her to the bed and thrusting into her. I alternated between thrusting my tongue into Sandy and encouraging the small pink bud of her clitoris to emerge from beneath the soft hood of flesh that tried to hide it without success. As it emerged I paid more attention to it, slipping it between my lips, nipping at it between my front teeth which elicited a squeal from Sandy, then racing my tongue across its sensitive tip with as much speed as I could muster without my jaw cramping. 

When she came it mattered not to me whether real or feigned. Her flat, taut stomach rippled as she thrust against me, her breath was choked and her hips bucked with enough force to threaten to break contact between us. I held her steady and let my tongue lap at her as the convulsions of her pleasure swelled through her to a climax, then receded to leave her panting. I was aware of my own loss of breath and slid up her lithe body to look into her eyes. 

'Wow,' she smiled at me. 'I think we should fuck now.' It wasn't what Jodi would have said, but it excited me no end and I pushed into her with a willingness to please that would've impressed Kelly. Sandy wrapped her arms around my shoulders and pulled me close as our bodies merged into one heaving mass. I was close now and was fighting to remain in control, but she whispered into my ear and drove me ever closer to the inevitable conclusion to our coupling.




Best For Who Ch. 02



It took two weeks before things went back to how they had been before. Jodi stayed at Amberley on the Saturday night after helping her clean up, was business as usual with the kids during the week but went to her room early each night. 

'Would it be okay if Amberley came over for dinner on Friday night?' Jodi asked on the Wednesday before the kids were due to go to mys for the weekend. 

'Sure, as long as she isn't putting an open invitation out for everyone else?' I grinned and felt relieved when Jodi matched my smile. It was the first relaxed personal communication we'd had that didn't involve the kids since the Sandy debacle. 

'She says she wants to meet the fool who lets me sponge off him.' We both laughed at that. 

'She hasn't had much experience with kids has she?' I asked.

'Only child, so not even a younger brother or sister,' Jodi laughed.

'Am I cooking...?'

'On me, it's your birthday after all.' I must've looked surprised because she added, 'you hadn't forgotten had you?'

'Ah, yeah I had,' I grinned a little self-consciously. 'Thirty seven, who wants to celebrate that?' I moaned in mock pain.

'I'll getcha a walking stick,' she laughed.

I arrived home just after six on Friday to the sound of Astra's retro-70's The Weirding blasting through the house. That is if psychedelic progressive rock ever blasts, even if it was released in 2009. I walked up the stairs, loosening my tie to be met by Amberley. At least I assumed it was Amberley. She was about the same height as Jodi, slim with long, very shapely legs revealed under a black mini skirt, and long dark hair that was braided into a pony tail that fell almost to her waist. Most striking about her was her face, she was simply beautiful. Almond shaped green eyes that perpetually promised something wicked, full lips that covered large perfect teeth and edged with a wide pouty mouth topped off with perfectly shaped cheek bones, an exquisitely proportioned nose and a slender neck. 

'Shit Jodes!' She yelled out, as she walked towards me. 'You said he was okay looking but he's actually pretty cute.' I glanced at Jodi who was chopping up salad items in the kitchen. She smiled at me and raised her eyebrows as if to say, 'that's who she is.'

'Happy birthday,' Amberley added, throwing her arms around my neck and planting a soft wet kiss on my lips. She smelt feminine and of alcohol and her body was warm and soft against me. 

'Hi Amberley,' I laughed as she stepped back. 'Nice to meet you.'

'Of course it is,' she quipped. 'Now go get changed.'

As I walked towards the bedroom she added, 'I reckon you're right Jodes. Hard to tell under those suit pants but I reckon he's got a great butt just like you said.' I looked back at Jodi over my shoulder but she had busied herself with the salad and didn't respond. Amberley just laughed and winked at me.

Amberley was a girl who loved to be the centre of attention, but was also inclusive of those around her. As such it was a funny, pleasant and relaxing dinner, with the three of us laughing often and drinking our way rapidly through three bottles of red wine, before moving to the balcony and onto the vodka. Amberley offered me a cigarette before lighting one herself.

'Only smoke when I drink,' she said. 

'Which means she starts smoking around midday and finishes after midnight,' Jodi added quickly. 'Every day!'

'Up yours,' Amberley scowled at her friend. I was reminded of Kelly then, she too would smoke once she had reached her third drink or so. 

'What'cha thinking 'bout?' Jodi had obviously seen my expression change. For a moment I was tempted to say nothing.

'Kelly actually,' I replied and smiled at her. 'She used to smoke after a few drinks.' I looked past Jodi to where Amber sat and watched the glow of the cigarette brighten, highlighting her beautiful face. 'For a minute I started to get angry at her,' he turned his gaze back to Jodi, 'but then I realised that I have just enjoyed a great dinner, that my life is on track, that I'm having a great time in the company of two gorgeous young ladies. So if Kelly didn't want to be here, then its better that she's gone so I can continue to enjoy my birthday.'

'Here, here,' Amberley toasted after a moment's thoughtful reflection. We all raised our glasses, then Jodi headed inside to put some more upbeat music on. The party mood returned and Amberley started dancing, dragging me up for a couple of songs then Jodi when I begged off. 

'Time for a swim!?' Amberley shouted, looking down over the balcony at the pool. I had to admit that the evening was very warm and the thought of getting into the pool was a welcome one.

'I've got some swimmers you can borrow Amber,' Jodi offered. The thought of seeing Amber in a swimsuit was probably more appealing than the refreshment offered by the water. We dispersed to change and I was the first into the water. I love that first contact, when your hot skin knifes through the cool water and you can feel every rivulet as it runs through your hair onto your scalp, and down along your body. 

Jodi emerged next, slender and somehow demure even though her swimsuit was a revealing blue bikini.

Amberley was the last one to emerge from the house and jump into the pool. She had returned upstairs to grab a bottle of vodka. The pale green swimsuit she had borrowed from Jodi was a size too small, and as a result her nipples protruded, her breasts were pressed flat and made to look large, and her buttocks were barely contained.

'Christ, I look like a fatty in this don't I?' she squealed.

'Yeah, a right heifer,' I responded with heavy sarcasm. She looked delicious. And I knew that she knew she looked delicious. I glanced at Jodi and saw that she was watching my reaction to Amber's grand entrance and I smiled at her and shook my head. She smiled back before diving under the surface. Amber leapt from the side and landed with a huge splash on her back, re-emerging with her long pony tail now a streaming black tide of water that cascaded down her back. Running her hands down it, she blew water from her lips and turned to look at us. 

'Who wants a shot?' she asked, pulling the vodka bottle up from under the surface. 

'Me!' said Jodi and swum over to her friend. Amber unscrewed the lid, but motioned for her to tip her head back. Jodi did and I watched as the clear liquid spilled into her open mouth, the lights from across the water illuminating the flow in yellows and whites. Her throat moved up and down and for a moment I saw a beautiful woman, not the young girl who I had hired as a live in au pair.

'Dave?' I swam over, and turned my back to Amber, lowering my shoulders into the water as I craned my head as far back as I could. As soon as I opened my mouth the chilled vodka was poured, and I quickly lost my breath as the fiery liquid poured into my gullet. With a shake of my head I stood up, my eyes watering as it slid down my throat. 

'Crap!' I said, but grinned at the two girls. 

'Your turn,' Jodi said to Amber, reaching for the bottle. Amber stooped in the water as I had, and opened her mouth while barely putting her head back. Jodi tilted the bottle and as the vodka flowed, Amber moved forward and took the neck into her mouth. Her lips widened as she slid the neck into her throat and I had to stifle a gasp of pure lust. 

It seemed like an eternity, but was probably only a few seconds, before she pulled free of the bottle.

'Slapper,' Jodi said with a laugh.

'You too can be one with more practice Jodi my dear,' she shot back. 'Truth or dare Dave?' 

'Quickly into something new aren't we?' I shot back.

'I'm asking the question,' Amber replied in a mock stern voice.

'Well, in the early stages, people always say truth don't they?' My head was buzzing with the shot of vodka on top of the drinks I had consumed earlier.

'So that's your answer then?'

'Nah,' I shook my head, 'let's go all out. Dare.'

'I dare you to chuck your swimmers out of the pool and swim naked.'

'Amber!' Jodi exclaimed.

'What Jodes, are you worried your boss might disapprove of your friends and fire you?'

'No danger of that,' I said as I resurfaced with my swimmers in my hand. I threw them over the pool fence where they landed with a loud slap on the flagstones of the small courtyard. 'I'm only going to fire her if she fails to tell the truth or refuses a dare.'

'Woohoo,' Amber shouted, her voice echoing off the stone wall around the pool. 'Your turn Dave.' 

'Okay,' I replied after a moment's thought. 'Jodi, truth or dare?' 

'Truth,' she said with a small smile. 'You know me, Miss Conservative.'

'Boring!' Amber bellowed, taking a healthy slug of vodka before offering me the bottle. I accepted, swilled and passed it to Jodi.

'Alright then Miss Conservative, did you find any of the porn DVDs I lent you the other night a turn on?'

'What!!? You borrowed porn from your boss!!?' Amber sounded completely spun out by the thought. I couldn't tell in the dark, but I was guessing that Jodi had turned deep red in embarrassment. 

'Answer please!' I demanded. 'Remember you job is on the line.' Jodi flipped me the bird.

'I can't believe it. Did you actually watch it or were you trying to impress him?' Amber wouldn't let it go.

'Fuck you Amber,' Jodi shot back, then looked at me and nodded. 'Yeah, it was good. Is that enough?'

'No it's not! I want to know if you...'

'Sure,' I replied, interrupting Amber who was no doubt about to hassle her friend some more.

'Truth or dare Dave?'

'Aww, c'mon, what about me?' Amber whined. 

'Dare,' I replied, thinking of the multitude of embarrassing questions Jodi could potentially ask me.

'Hmm,' Jodi said as she thought for a moment. 'Come and do a handstand in the shallow end.'

'Oooh, good one, I can check him out,' Amber giggled. With mock bravado I swam to the shallow end, with Amber swimming alongside, before I dived down to perform a handstand. I deliberately made it a long one, knowing that they would expect me not to.

'Enough girls?' I said with a splutter as I returned right way up. 

'Absolutely,' Amber nodded, 'and the handstand wasn't bad either.' Both girls dissolved in a fit of giggles.

'Okay Amber, your turn. Truth or dare?' 

'Dare, dare, daring dare,' she replied, her eyes flashing dangerously. She was getting seriously drunk. 

'Okay, I dare you to take off that bikini top. Its only so that you don't stretch it, I know on what I pay her Jodi can't afford to replace them.' Jodi snorted and Amber pretended to be shocked. Then the bikini top followed my shorts over the fence. Amber's breasts were rounded and I guessed a nice sized B cup. Being so young, they defied gravity in the way that only youthful skin can. Her nipples were bigger than I would have expected, but were perfectly round.

'Jodi, truth or dare?' she turned to her friend, pretending to ignore me pretending that I wasn't checking her out. She rubbed at her breasts, no doubt enjoying having them out of the too small top.

'Dare,' Jodi shot back. She was trying to match her friend and keep in the game.

'Chicken about what I might ask you?' Amber had a superior look on her face.

'No,' Jodi replied, but I noticed that she couldn't meet Amber's gaze. I wondered what was going on between the two friends.

'Okay, I dare you to let Dave take off your bikini top.'

'What?' asked Jodi.

'Hang on, time out,' I cut in. 'That's a double dare; we need special rules for those!'

'I think she loses her turn for a start,' Jodi replied.

'No, no, no,' I said as patronizingly as I could. 'If you are double daring, and both people accept, then both get a turn. I think in this case, straight after this, Jodi can ask you, and then it's my turn.'

'Okay,' said Amber, and I could tell she didn't care what the rule was.

'So I get a free shot at Amber then?' Jodi looked at me with a raised eyebrow.

'Uh-huh,' I responded.

'Okay,' she shrugged. I walked towards her and she turned around and pulled her hair up to reveal the knot that held her top in place around her neck. I felt my heart start to thud in my chest as I reached up and tugged the knot loose. Then I reached down and my fingers fumbled, once, twice at the clasp in the middle of her slender back. Then it was free and I pulled it from her body. 

Jodi dipped into the water so that it was around her neck. Amber said nothing.

'Truth or dare Amber?' Jodi's voice sounded even and calm, and I was glad I hadn't had to speak. My throat felt dry.

'Truth.' 

'Ever had sex with an older guy...like ten years or older?'

'You mean, like around Dave's age?' Amber didn't look at me as she asked the question, instead she held Jodi's gaze with a faint smile on her lips.

'Don't be such a tart,' Jodi replied, but this time there was no smile on her lips.

'No I haven't,' Amber replied, 'but I'd love to meet the right man willing to share his experience.' She looked straight at me as she spoke and I felt my throat constrict again. This was getting out of control, and had I not been pissed, I probably would've felt uncomfortable and backed out of the game. Instead my imagination was willing the game to places I could only fantasize about. Or pay for.

Instead I asked, 'Jodes?'

'Truth,' she replied. 

'Did you masturbate after watching the porno?'

'Good one!' Amber squealed. 'So did you rub one out you filthy chicken? Play with the little man in the boat? Rubbin' the nubbin?' She laughed drunkenly at her own jokes.

'Yes I did,' Jodi replied, trying to maintain a semblance of dignity. 'And I came quite hard too.'

'Go girl!' Jodi yelled.

'Truth or dare Dave?'

'Truth,' I replied. 

'Do you think of Kelly when you masturbate?'

'Sometimes,' I answered honestly. 'Sometimes about others, sometimes I just go with the vibe and enjoy the sensation.' I tried to keep my voice level but with the entire focus on sex I could feel a certain hardening happening and was hoping that I didn't betray my arousal though my tone.

'Amber?' I turned to look at Jodi's friend. She was leaning against the side of the pool, breasts bared and glistening with water. Even with all her hair pulled back from her face she looked magnificent and absolutely unconcerned about her semi nudity. 

'Hmmm, truth seems interesting at the moment, so I'll swing that way too.'

'Well then, speakin' of swinging, ever had a threesome?'

'Ha!' I wasn't sure but for a moment I think she was off-balance. 'Once.' She paused, and then asked, 'Jodes, truth or dare?'

'Hang on!' I interrupted. 'That's not enough of an answer. Two men or another couple?'

'That's another question,' she shot back. 

'No its not,' Jodi cut in. 'I told you my orgasm was good, Dave told us what he fantasizes about...you need to give us more.'

'It was two other women.' Amber's voice was subdued, at least in comparison to her previous volume.

'Alright!' I exclaimed.

'Holy shit Amber,' Jodi replied. 'I had no idea...'

'None of your fucking business,' Amber shot back. 

'Excuse me,' Jodi said and I sensed she had just gained the upper hand. 

'Truth or dare Jodes?'

'Dare.'

'I dare you to let Dave lick your nipples.' My heart raced. I hadn't seen Jodi's breasts yet; she had stayed submerged to the shoulders since I had removed her bikini top. I suddenly wanted to. A lot.

'Nah,' Jodi said, turning in the water and swimming to the edge of the pool overlooking the city. 'Guess I lose.'

'Hang on,' I replied. My first thought was that I was coming to her rescue. That's what alcohol does to you, clouds your judgement and makes you see things through the wrong glasses. 'You only lose if the person who asks the dare won't do it either.'

The ensuing silence made me realise that my words hadn't had the intended effect.

'Okay,' said Amber. She swam to the shallow end; turned and lifted herself onto the step. This put her breasts at about my mouth's level if I was to stand in front of her. At that point I realised that I had the opportunity to get up close and personal with some rather exquisite breasts. Thankfully I'm not a complete idiot when drunk.

'I guess I'm out too then,' I said with a smile. 

'Aw shucks,' Amber said, sliding back into the water. 'There goes my older man fantasy.' Her tone was light and I saw Jodi smiling as she turned to look at us. I swam over beside her, and Amberley swam to her other side.

'Thanks,' Jodi whispered to me as I leaned over the edge of the pool. Our hips touched under the water, making me aware that I was still naked. 

'So when didja have this threesome?' The question from Jodi took me by surprise.

'Hey, thought the game was over?' Amber replied.

'Well it's just that you tell me everything...including things I don't always wanna know about...'

'...hey your brother was a great lay...' Amber interrupted.

'Can't hear, can't hear,' Jodi squealed, putting her fingers into her ears. Doing so meant she stood properly, and right next to my face were her breasts. They were smaller than Amber's; perhaps a good sized A cup, maybe a small B. But perfect. Her nipples pointed straight ahead and the cool air out of the water made them erect. Small elegant points surrounded by flesh firmed into goose bumps. She obviously realised that she was revealing herself and dropped into the water, glancing at me and catching me checking her out. She looked away as did I and we both pretended that we didn't know what had just happened.

'It was a game of truth or dare,' Amber laughed. 

'With who?'

'Amy and Joanne...'

'...where was I?' Jodi sounded offended that she hadn't been present.

'Well since you've got this new man in your life,' Amber tossed her wet hair towards me with a laugh, a move that made her breasts sway breathtakingly, 'you're not available most Friday nights. It was about four weeks ago.'

'Oh,' said Jodi.

'And besides, if you'd been there nothing would've happened, would it? I mean, if you drop out at having your nipples licked, having to lie still while Amy rubs ice on your clit is going to be out of the question!'

'You let Amy...?'

'She made me come four times with her mouth that night.' Amber sounded a bit dreamy as she recollected. I felt myself hardening at the thought of Amber with another woman.

'Did you...?'

'Course,' Amber replied with a snort. 'You know me, one in all in.' Silence fell between the two friends. 'I like cock though.' We all burst out laughing at that, and Amber swam across the pool to retrieve the vodka. We all took turns in sculling, and I felt the fire burning in my stomach again.

'You really think I'm a prude doncha?' Jodi's words were slurring a little. 

'Yup,' Amber laughed, cupping Jodi's chin in her hand and giving it a shake. 'But I still loves ya!'

'I don't.' I spoke to defend Jodi. 'You're a coupla years older than Jodes, Amber,' I pointed out. 'At Jodi's age I'd bet I was as straight as she is, and at your age probably too. Straighter now probably if I think about it.' 

'Thank you for defending my straightness,' Jodi said with mock gratitude.

'Seriously, I could tell you some things that I've got up to...' I began.

'Go on!' said Amber with a wide grin.

'No, that's not the point I'm tryin' to make,' I protested.

'Nuthin' to tell 'n other words,' said Amber.

'The point I'm tryin' to make,' I struggled on, trying to ignore Amber's pointed barbs, 'is that ya gain experience with age. We all do it at different rates is all.'

'C'mon, tell me somethin' surprising,' Amber insisted.

'God you've got a one track mind!' Jodi exclaimed.

'Yup,' Amber replied.

'Alright,' I replied. 'Kel once got me a hooker for my birthday and we had a threesome.'

'Cool, but not really that shockin' is it?' said Amber.

'A prostitute?' Jodi sounded shocked. 'I thought...' she trailed away and I knew that she didn't want to mention her stand in with Amber here. I was feeling lustful so I continued her thought.




Best For Who Ch. 02



'Yup,' I replied, 'so the lady of the night you bumped into wasn't my first!'

'Okay then,' Jodi replied, clearly not wanting to continue the topic.

'More info,' Amber demanded, her horny interest piqued by Jodi's tone

'No,' I feigned haughtiness. 'I've told you enough to make my point.' We swigged again, emptying the bottle, then watched the city lights ripple on the water of the bay.

'Okay,' said Jodi suddenly, 'I'll do it.'

'Do what?' Both Amber and I spoke at once.

'The dare,' she replied, and swam off to the shallow end. She assumed the position on the step that Amber had taken.

'I thought this game was over,' I murmured to Amber.

'Me too,' she whispered in reply. 'You gonna do it?'

'Should I?' I looked at the long haired brunette. The glint was back in her eye. She nodded. I swam across, enjoying the visual feast of Jodi's body. I had seen her plenty of times in her swimsuit, but right now the context was so different. Usually she was playing with the kids. Now she was playing with me. Her flat stomach was covered in rivulets and beads of water, the puckered opening to her navel glistened and seemed to invite me in. Her breasts were bare, and that made all the difference. Round, feminine, wet. 

'You sure 'bout this?' I stood and looked her in the eye. She nodded. Her lips were parted oh so slightly, and I could just make out the line of her teeth in the darkness. The rush of alcohol drove me forward and I took her right nipple between my lips and gently sucked on it. The feeling of hardness and the surrounding softness of her breast at once stimulated my libido and my cock hardened to full length, unencumbered by swimmers. I was barely aware of it as I savoured the sensation of the taste of Jodi's skin, the aroma of her body. My hands found her waist as I swapped to her left nipple. It too was rock hard against my tongue as I lashed it, caressed it with my lips and swirled my tongue around its circumference. 

'Ahem, I said time's up.' Amber's voice finally penetrated the barrier of my lust. I pulled back reluctantly and looked up at Jodi, only to find she quickly turned her head away to avoid meeting my eyes.

'Your turn for me Dave, twas a double dare remember?' Amber's voice was throaty and I could see that her nipples were now hard.

'Truth or dare?' My voice sounded odd to my ears.

'Truth.'

'Did you like watchin' me do that?' Our eyes were locked together. 

'Yup,' she replied. 'Almost as much as she seemed to enjoy it,' Amber nodded towards Jodi.

'Your turn Jodes,' she added, almost as an aside.

'Amberley?' She sounded a little distant too to my ears.

'Truth,' Amber replied again.

'Do you want Dave to suck your nipples?' I turned to look at Jodi, wondering again where this was headed.

'After the look on your face, then hell yeah.' I smiled and dropped under the water, hoping the coolness would refresh my senses. But all I could think about was the feel of Jodi's smooth flesh.

'Dave?' I heard the words as my head broke the surface.

'Dare,' I replied, wondering what Amber would do to top the last one.

'Okay, I want you to stand on the edge of the pool.'

'What?' I asked.

'Go on, out ya get.' I started moving, and for the first time became really conscious of my erection. I wasn't fully erect now, but my arousal would be obvious. Again my alcohol imbued brain took over and I boldly lifted myself from the pool, turning to face the girls.

'Looks like someone else is enjoying themselves Jodes!'

'Amber!' Jodi exclaimed, though from the corner of my eye I saw her sneak a couple of peeks at me.

'Truth or dare Jodes?' I remained standing on the side of the pool, not wanting to appear prudish by jumping straight back in. 

'Dare.'

'I dare you to lick Amber's nipples.' The words rushed out before I considered them. Nothing new there.

'Ah the lesbian fantasy comes out finally,' Amber said with a snort. 'I was wondering when you were going to get us to kiss, but no, straight to booby action. I guess the game's over again huh Jodes? I mean we know he'll do it, and I'll let you and I'd let him.'

'Get up here,' Jodi said in a quiet voice. Amber obeyed, pushing herself onto the step. Jodi looked at me, met my eyes, and then turned her face to Amber's chest. I watched as her tongue darted out and caressed Amber's pointed nipple. I felt my cock swell and moved to get back into the pool, but Amber shook her head at me and locked her eyes unashamedly on my hardening member.

Jodi's hand caressed Amber's breast, forming a point with her nipple and taking it into her mouth. She squeezed the other nipple with enough force to elicit a groan, and then ran her tongue from the nipple, up over the swell of her breast and into the hollow of her throat. Amber lifted her head to give Jodi access, and as Jodi broke the contact, they looked at each other. Their lips parted and they moved closer, before Jodi broke the contact completely, turned to look at me with a faint smile on her mouth, glancing first into my eyes and then down at my prominent erection, and then swam to the deep end. 

'Holy fuck,' I exclaimed.

'Maybe I'm not Miss Conservative after all,' she called out.

'Hey isn't it your birthday?' Amber said, standing on the edge of the pool and walking towards me. Water cascaded down her legs and drew my eyes to the camel toe she was displaying through the too small bikini bottoms. 

'Yup, and its one I'm going to remember for some time.' 

'C'mon,' she beckoned, 'you too Jodes.' Intrigued, turned on, drunk, you name it, I was ready to follow either or both of these girls to where ever they wanted to lead me. Amber led me to the downstairs bathroom. 

'Get dry, then in there,' she indicated Jodi's bedroom with a jab of her thumb. Her breasts swayed invitingly and I grinned. Amber grabbed two towels and left, closing the door behind her. My imagination ran riot. I towelled myself off, turning to examine myself in the mirror. My cock had softened a little, but was still well north of south. My nipples were hard and my face slightly flushed. Was I about to have sex with one or both of these women? I hoped so. I refused to face up to the possible consequences of 

Unsure of what to wear, but having only the choice of nothing or a towel, I wrapped it around me. The feel of the Egyptian cotton against my member forced it to soften some more, leaving no more than a slight bulge. Leaving the bathroom I found the two girls in Jodi's bedroom. Jodi was towelling her hair dry and was wearing one of her long tee shirts, her legs bare underneath. I could tell from the way her breasts moved against the soft material as she dried her hair that she wasn't wearing a bra. Amber had replaced her bikini bottoms with a pair of black boy short undies and was squeezing her long pony tail dry with her towel. Her breasts swayed invitingly as she moved.

'Oh sorry, I'll wait til you're dressed,' I said and turned to leave.

'Nah, I'm dressed,' she said, 'it's your birthday so I thought ya could have a perve. Jodi's the party pooper!'

'She looks great too,' I said, defending her again. 

'C'mon,' Amber said, patting the bed beside her. The cover had been thrown off. 'Birthday massage for the birthday boy.' I hesitated, glancing at Jodi. She smiled and nodded, so I moved to lie down.

'You can put the towel over your arse if you like,' Amber said as I made myself comfortable. I lifted my hips and pulled the knot free, allowing Amber to arrange it over my derrière. This was the sheet against which Jodi slept. The thought entered my head unbidden and at once I hardened to full length again. I had to move my hips again to get comfortable, and then I felt oil dripped onto my calves, and the bed moved as Jodi settled on the side opposite Amber. At once two pairs of hands began massaging my legs. There was no way my cock was going to soften.

I fell into a state of semi consciousness, the rest of the world blocked out as every fibre of my being concentrated on the two pairs of hands that were working my muscles and caressing my skin. I said nothing when the towel covering my buttocks and presumably providing my dignity was removed. A part of my awareness noted that it was dragged to the side of the bed occupied by Amber. Her hands also wandered furthest north when they reached the top of my thighs, both exciting me further and making me ache for more intimate caresses from Jodi. 

'Nice butt.' Amber's whispered comment to Jodi barely registered in my mind, but when it did I had to fight to lie still. Their hands massaged my cheeks, again Amber's fingers exploring more intimately than Jodi's. Then all too soon they were working along my back, which admittedly felt wonderfully therapeutic. They worked my shoulders and arms and I barely felt them shift on the bed as Jodi worked my neck and Amber massaged my temples. 

'Roll over.' Amber's voice was quiet and as she spoke the towel was dragged back over my butt. I complied and as I settled onto my back one of the girls placed a scarf over my eyes. I was grateful for the quiet and solemn nature of my back massage, it had allowed me to regain control of my lust and I had softened again. Now I enjoyed the sensation of four soft hands running over my chest, shoulders and stomach. It was heavenly.

Then the towel was dragged from me again, this time to the side where Jodi sat. I was relaxed from the massage so I didn't tense up. But as my hips and thighs were worked on, the image of Amber sitting on one side topless, and Jodi wearing her long tee shirt on the other filled my mind. At once I began to harden, and at once I felt my heart begin to race in a sort of panic. 

'Sorry,' I said, my voice cracking. 

'It's okay, pretty natural for a bloke.' Amber's voice was low and her hands didn't stop moving. She reached between my thighs and parted my legs slightly, so that they could begin work on my upper thighs. Again Amber's hands went higher, each upward stroke ending with a light brushing of my scrotum. I softened as they went lower, working my quads and then the inside of my calves, and finally my feet. 

When they stopped I was preparing to sit up when Amber spoke again.

'I'm sure the birthday boy wouldn't mind a happy ending?' She didn't wait for an answer, instead her hand wrapped around my semi hard shaft. I was rock hard in an instant and gasped. I was unable to control myself this time and lifted my hips into her grip. Her fist was light around me, moving in a slow languid motion that was designed to tease me rather than finish me. 

'Quick or slow?' She released my shaft and cupped my balls, her hand in constant motion over them. 

'Slow, taking it in turns?' My voice sounded off-key and desperate rather than hopeful.

'It's only the two of us,' Amber said, 'Jodi said to wish you a happy birthday.' And then her mouth plunged onto me. 

'Oh fuck!' I exclaimed, trying to come to grip with the dual fact that this gorgeous young woman was fellating me and that Jodi had slipped from the room. I pulled the scarf from my eyes and lifted my head. Amber's long pony tail snaked down her back. She was kneeling and supporting her upper body with one hand whilst her other continued to massage my balls. Her breasts swayed as her head bobbed up and down. She lifted her mouth from me and looked up to meet my eyes. Her eyes were dark and her pupils were dilated.

'I'd like it if you'd fuck me.' The words slipped from her mouth with the promise that this would be one of the best sexual experiences I would ever have. Her hand ran along my length again as she waited for my response.

'Why'd Jodi leave?' The words tumbled from my brain to my mouth before I'd thought about them. For a moment the look of lust became anger in her eyes, then she softened, a light smile came to her lips and she released me as she sat back on her haunches. 

'Go,' she whispered. 'And tell her that I'm right'

'I'm sorry,' I stammered, then grabbed the towel from the side of the bed and fled the room without a backward glance. My cock softened quickly as I wrapped the towel around me and raced up the stairs. The lounge and kitchen were empty and I guessed that Jodi had gone into my room. I opened the door and had to stop to allow my eyes to adjust to the darkness.

'Jodes?' 

'Yes?' Her voice was clear. 'Do you need something?' 

'No, not really...well sort of...to talk.' 

'About?'

'To say sorry really, about what just happened.'

'You don't have to say sorry.' Her voice sounded slightly flat, as though she was forcing the words out.

'Of course I do. I let things get out of hand...'

'...so to speak,' she interrupted with a small giggle. My eyes had adjusted to the darkness better and I could see that she was lying on her back on the far side of the bed. Kelly's side. 

'Ah, yeah,' I smiled. 'Seriously, I don't want to jeopardise our...our...' I was struggling for the right word.

'Business relationship?' Jodi's tone was poisonous as her suggestion filled the silence.

'What? Oh fuck no,' I blurted out. Without thinking I stepped across to the bed and sat down beside her. 'No Jodes, I mean...I'm trying to find the words.' I fell into silence again and looked away from her shadowed face. What was I trying to say?

'Words for what? That you're just a guy who can't help himself when a pretty girl sets her sights on you?'

'No!' I sounded defensive, probably because there was truth in her words. 'Jodi, I...'

'For fuck's sake Dave, either say what you're trying to say or let me go to sleep!' Her breathing sounded harsh in the semi darkness. 'Is Amber still in my bed?'

'Yeah she probably is, she's too drunk to drive,' I rejoined. 

'Well then I'll go sleep on the couch...'

'No.' I grabbed her upper arm as she sat up. 'I want you to stay here.' She turned to look at me and I could see her eyes staring intently at me. 'I want you Jodes.' I'd said it out loud, the thought that I had been denying to myself.

'What?' The expression that furrowed her brow told me that she'd had no idea what I had been trying to say.

'I've, I've got feelings for you.'

'Don't go saying that...not now, you're pissed, you're horny...go down to Amber, she'll take care of you.' Jodi tried to pull her arm free and stand up but I tightened my grip and pulled her back onto the bed.

'Ouch! Dave, that hurts!' I saw the pain in her eyes but I wasn't going to let her go. I was pissed, and I was horny, but neither had any bearing on what I was telling her. 

'Dave, you're scaring me, please let me go.' I should have let her go then. I knew it, but suddenly I wanted her no matter what. Even if she said no. I pulled her arm towards me and moved towards her, catching her unawares and throwing her off balance. The towel slipped from my waist and I was naked. And hard.

'Hey!' Jodi yelled but I was already pressing myself down onto her. Her tee shirt rode up as she squirmed to get out from under me, but I was guessing I outweighed her by thirty kilos and had the advantage now of being on top. Her panties were white and for some reason the sight of them spurred me on. I rolled slightly off her, knowing she would throw her legs to the side to try and slide off the bed. She did and with my free hand I ripped her panties off and down to her ankles, at the same time pulling her back towards me. She was lying sideways on the bed now, with me facing her feet.

Jodi tried to kick me, bringing her ankles up towards my face. I let go of her arm, pinning her wrist with my knee, and ripped her panties completely off her. In the same movement I pushed her legs apart with my hand, and spun around to force myself between them and face her. 

Jodi's face was twisted with fury. She glared at me and swung her free hand upwards, catching me across the face. It stung, but did nothing to deter me. I was going to fuck her now. She tried to kick, but instead my weight bearing down on her drove my midriff down and brought my groin hard up against hers.

This was the moment. 

'Don't.' Her whispered protest was almost indiscernible. It might as well have been. I pushed upwards with my hips...and entered her. It wasn't difficult; she was wet and offered no resistance to my forced entry. I groaned as I sank to the hilt. Then she did. I looked into her eyes, and held still, deep inside her. I could see small tears in the corner of her eyes, and then I released the pressure of my body on hers, instead taking my weight onto my arms and putting my hands onto the bed. I lowered my face to hers, my eyes never leaving hers, and tilted my head slightly. I brushed her lips with mine, pressed firmer. She opened her mouth and we kissed each other with hunger, her tongue invading my mouth. At the same time I began to thrust in and out of her moist pussy, my cock sending slivers of delight through my body and into my brain. 

'You bastard,' she whispered into my mouth. Then kissed me again. I felt her long slender legs wrap around my waist and then her ankles pressed against my buttocks and urged me to move faster. I obeyed and Jodi matched each deep penetration with a small moan. I could feel the buzz starting deep in my balls, but couldn't do anything to control it. I came inside her with a long groan of pleasure, months of pent up sexual frustration emptying itself from me.

My release was verbalised in a long stream of half spoken words and vulgarities. I tried to stay deep inside her but my body jerked under control of the primitive brain, spasm after spasm twisting me and contorting my face. Finally I was finished, and realised that it was all too soon.

'Shit, sorry,' I gasped. Jodi was looking at me with an expression that bordered on crying. At once I slid from her, and dived between her legs. Her pubic hair was trimmed neatly, and our juices matted it around her pink slit and I could see a thin white line as my cum dribbled from her. I had never done it before, but I wanted to make up for my poor performance and simply slammed my mouth onto her. 

Jodi yelped and her hips lifted as my tongue drove into her. My cum spilled onto my tongue and I didn't enjoy the bitter taste at all. But her scent, the feel of the tight youthful skin of her thighs against my cheeks drove me on. I sucked on her clit eliciting a squeal, drove my tongue across it and into her. My come kept streaming from inside her but I ignored it. I ran my tongue from her clit down to the puckered entrance of her butt. She squealed again, then again louder when I pressed the tip of my forefinger against it while returning my tongue to her clit. 

She came with a shriek as I slid my forefinger into her ass to the first knuckle. Her hips bucked but I clamped my mouth onto her to keep lashing her bud. She was screaming though I could barely hear her as my ears were jammed between her thighs. As she came down from her climax I pulled my finger free, and lifted my head to look at her. She was panting and staring at the ceiling. I was hard again.

I crawled up her body running my tongue across her stomach as she panted, into her navel, then out. Her tee shirt had ridden up but her breasts were still covered. I entered her and she squealed as my hardness rode into her sensitive pussy. I stayed inside her and looked down. Her cheeks were flushed, her lips swollen and pupils dilated. Her nostrils flared as our eyes met, then we kissed again. It was a slower more gentle contact this time, just the tips of our tongues dancing against each other. 

I gripped her hip with my hand, and rolled her over, so that she was on top. Jodi slowly lowered herself onto my full length and let her head fall forward so that her hair brushed my face. I propped myself onto my elbows and together we pulled her tee shirt off. Her breasts were revealed to me again, this time dry but every bit as firm and beautiful as I remembered. As she began to ride me, I licked one nipple then the other. I ran my tongue up over her collarbone, into the hollow of her neck as she threw her head back, and again we kissed. We were moaning into each other's mouths as out bodies were joined. 




Best For Who Ch. 02



'God you're so beautiful,' I gasped as I dropped back onto the bed and watched her lithe form moving above me. She smiled at me and raked my chest with her fingernails, then put her weight onto my chest with both hands, lifting her buttocks and thrusting onto me like a jack hammer. Our bodies slapped together and again I could feel the tightness in my balls.

'I'm gonna cum soon,' I grunted. 

'Not yet,' she gasped back, 'I wanna cum first.' To help her I reached between our bodies and ran my thumb over her clit. The effect was instantaneous and she slammed onto me, threw her head back which had the effect of thrusting her breasts forwards, and came. She was a goddess, impaled on me and I watched in awe as she rode through her climax. As she finished and slumped onto my chest, I wrapped my arms around her and began to thrust into her.

'No, no, too sore,' she whispered, and slid off me, snuggling into my side. She wrapped the long fingers of her small hand around me and using our juices masturbated me. She looked at me and leant up so we could kiss. I came in a short jarring orgasm, a thin stream of come landing on my abdomen, and a few more jets dribbling over her fingers. We lay there like that, her fingers playing with my softening cock, our breathing returning to normal, for about ten minutes. Then she disentangled herself from me, and slipped into the en suite to clean up. 

I felt a wave of guilt about having used force to take her. Was it rape? Probably. If she left the bedroom I would know that it was over, that she was rejecting me. But she didn't, instead she slipped under the sheet and against me. We spoke no words before falling asleep together.

***

I awoke the next morning to thin rays of sunlight pushing their way into the room around the edges of the closed curtains. I was alone in the bed and glancing at the clock saw that it was almost ten o'clock. I moved an arm over to the side where Jodi had been sleeping and found traces of warmth. I lay there recalling the avalanche of events and wondering if she had left the house. And if she had would she return. I heard some noises in the kitchen, so I dragged myself from the bed, searched out my boxer shorts and took a deep breath before opening the door and walking out. 

Jodi was in the kitchen making a cup of coffee. 

'Good morning,' I said. My stomach rumbled at the smell. 

'Hi,' Jodi replied, looking up at me and smiling. My heart lurched when I saw the genuine warmth in the smile. I walked around the kitchen bench and slipped my arm around her slim waist, pulled her close and kissed her on the cheek. She squirmed out of my grip. 'We need to talk.'

'Okay,' I said.

'Breakfast first, want some coffee and toast?' It was what I had every morning and the fact that she knew me so well added to my desire to have a relationship with this woman.

'Sure,' I smiled and returned to the table. Amberley appeared at the top of the stairs as I did. Sadly she had pulled a tee shirt and shorts on in place of the boy shorts I had last seen her in. 

'So did you two end up doing it last night?' Amberley must've sensed something was odd between us as we enjoyed breakfast. 

'Amber!' Jodi choked on her muesli. I sensed she was about to go into a long winded and completely unbelievable denial, so I interrupted.

'Of course we did Amber. We did it on the kitchen bench, on the table, then we came downstairs and did it on the bed next to you. Didn't you hear us?'

'Nah, after you left me high and dry I finished myself off and passed out.' She feigned indifference but I caught her glance at Jodi from the corner of her eye.

'That explains ya snorin',' I shot back.

'Yeah right,' she sniffed. 'So Jodes, you still staying at my place tonight?'

'Nah Amber,' Jodi replied. 'I'm hungover, I think I'll stay here and have an early one.'

'An early one with your new man,' Amber muttered. 

Amber left after breakfast and I took coffees out onto the balcony for me and Jodi.

'Dave, I really like you and...'

'Yeah, I know, I'm too old, I acted inappropriately last night, I'm a jerk...'

'Idiot!' she laughed. 'It's Kelly.'

'What?'

'Kelly. She's going to come back you know. And then what?' I thought about the question. Indeed, then what? Would Kelly expect to return and take up where we left off? Would she be a better person having discovered whatever she needed to go away and find, and would I want her back?

'Jodes...the night you know, you caught me...?'

'Ah yeah,' Jodi acknowledged what I meant.

'That was the night I let her go. And since then I've moved from worry and anger into, well, sometimes a sadness that she couldn't talk to me about whatever it was that made her leave, you know, if somethin' was wrong or whatever, but well, mostly I've moved on. I mean, I know she'll always be the kids' mum, but that's where it ends. For me.'

'You don't know that, you won't know that until she knocks on the door.' Jodi had paused before answering, and there was a sense of foreboding in her tone.

'And if you walk out on me now, you'll never know what might have been. And nor will I...in fact right now I don't know what will be, but I know I want to find out. I want you to...to...'

'You want me to sleep with you, but really beyond that you're not too sure are you?'

'Fuck my life is confusing right now Jodes. I don't know how I'll cope with Kelly's return, whenever that is, but I'm not putting my life on hold for her. I want to...no I want you to be part of my life, a big part. I want a relationship with you Jodes.'

'Okay,' she smiled but I could see a hint of sadness in her eyes. 'I like you a lot too, and I'll even admit that I probably love the kids.' She looked out the window and across the water. 'It'll probably get messy when Kelly comes back, you know that don't you?'

'What, worse than it was when she walked out without a word?' I could feel my anger rising again. 'She dumped us...her family Jodi, she has no moral high ground to come back and demand to know why I'm in a relationship with anyone.'

'I'm not anyone; I'm your eighteen year old babysitter.' We stared at each other for a moment.

'Almost nineteen aren't you?' She laughed out loud and so did I.

'Yes, in two weeks,' she said and closed the short distance between us. She slid into my arms and it felt nice to have her body pressed against my chest. 'And what are you getting me for my birthday?'

'A massage?' I replied after a moment's thought. She laughed again, lifted her head and we kissed. 

'How about a movie and dinner?' I asked as we moved apart.

'Are you asking me on a date Mister?' she asked coyly.

'By golly I think I might be,' I replied.

We kissed again. Chaste, but loving.

***

That night after we had cleaned up our dinner plates, I took her hand and wordlessly led her into my bedroom. She gave me a smile that showed a hint of nerves, which broadened considerably when she saw that I had folded a pair of her pyjamas on her pillow. 

'Why don't I get changed in the bathroom?' I tried to sound gallant in making the offer.

'After last night...'

'That doesn't mean we can't take it a bit slower. If that's what you want,' I added. I grabbed my boxers and went into the bathroom, taking my time in folding my clothes before re-emerging. Jodi was under the doona and I scooted in next to her. I flicked on the tv, knowing that there was a Hugh Grant chick flick on. Midway through the movie Jodi had snuggled against my chest, my arm around her shoulders.

As I flicked the tv off at the end of the movie, she slid on top of me, her body light and tense. We kissed, deeply and with passion. My body responded and she ground against me. We were both panting as our kiss broke apart. We wriggled out of our pyjamas and I felt her long thin fingers wrap around my length. I gasped as she began to stroke me and returned her lips to mine, her tongue probing into my mouth. With what seemed to be a simple if nimble movement, Jodi slid onto my body and I was inside her. We both paused, our kiss breaking apart as she looked into my eyes. Every inch of my shaft was encased in her warm wet flesh and my blood pounded in my ears.

'That's so nice,' I groaned. She smiled and began to ride me, placing her hands on my chest and pushing herself down, then pushing up with her thighs against mine. Her small breasts swayed in ever so small movements and I reached up to caress her nipples with my thumbs. Jodi had closed her eyes and I watched her face as her expression changed from a calm smile to almost a look of pain. She had her eyes screwed shut and small moans escaped her mouth that now hung open. Without warning she slammed down on me and her fingernails dug into my chest, sending searing hot pain across my skin. I could feel her contract around me and then I too was coming, my hips bucking upwards as I emptied myself into her. It was an explosive orgasm and I fought to keep my eyes open to watch Jodi's climax run its course through her facial expressions. It was a delicious experience. 

When we had both come down from the high, she slid from me and lay with her chin resting on my chest. She stroked the red welts that her fingernails had left on me.

'Did I do that?'

'Well I sure didn't!' I scoffed.

'Sorry,' she said with a small grin that told me she wasn't. 

'I didn't know you had that in you,' I replied.

'Me either,' she shrugged. She kissed my skin, lifting her head to do so. 'And I want you to bring more of me out.'

'What's that mean?'

'I want you to help me, I dunno, unlock all my sexual...'

'Abilities?' I suggested.

'Yeah, somethin' like that. Teach me.' Her green eyes searched mine to see if I was mocking her innocence perhaps.

'I'd like that,' I answered with a wide smile. And I would. 'But you have to be prepared to say no if I try taking you somewhere you don't want to go.'

'Okay,' she said without much thought, and laid her cheek on my chest. Her skin felt cool and I stroked her hair. It was fine and soft and for a moment I was reminded of Kelly. I dismissed the memory.

'Do you remember last night, when you were...were, using your mouth on me?' I remembered all too well the taste of my cum as if flowed back out of her.

'You put your finger sort of into my...'

'Bum, arse, ass?' I suggested unhelpfully. 

'Yeah,' she giggled but kept her head down and didn't look at me. 'It felt good and I wondered if you wanted to...?'

'You know Jodes, if you want to learn about sex, a good start is to say what you mean.' She looked up at me and I saw her cheeks had reddened in embarrassment and I stroked her face and smiled at her. 

'You're asking if I want to have anal sex with you?'

'Yeah,' she said and put her head back down. 

'That's kind of a big step you know, and to be honest that wasn't what I was getting at, but...' Now it was my turn to go coy.

'But what?'

'Sorry Jodes, I was about to say that Kelly liked it when I did that while I went down on her, she said it made her orgasm more intense. Then I thought, I probably shouldn't mention the ex, so yeah.'

'She's not your ex you know. You're cheatin' on her with me.' I could hear the smile in her voice.

'And what fun it is,' I replied, though my thoughts were taken over by the fact that indeed, technically Kelly was still my wife.

'Wouldn't it have been more fun with Amber?' The question snapped my brain back to the present.

'What the...?' I looked down at her and Jodi lifted her head to look at me. 'Sure, if it was only sex I was looking for. I'm guessing Amber has had a fair bit of experience. But I'm not just looking for sex Jodes, actually I wasn't looking for anything, I kinda just fell for you.' Her eyes seemed to search my face to assess my honesty, and then she smiled and slid onto the bed beside me, sliding one leg across mine and pressing her chest against my arm.

'That's sweet I guess.'

'It's the truth,' I replied.

'So can we do...have...have anal sex?'

'How much experience have you had with men Jodes?' I asked the question after a short deliberation.

'Not much.' Her reply was soft, almost whispered.

'I know that, but how much is not much?'

'Twice.'

'Okay,' I replied, a little shocked. 'Same boyfriend?'

'No, two different ones. The first was horrible, I didn't want to do it, he talked me into it, got inside me, then sort of slipped out and finished all over my leg.'

'That's a let down,' I replied, trying to make light of it.

'You're not wrong,' she giggled. 'The second time was better, but he was a year younger than me and had never done it before. So it was kinda fumble around and we didn't really know what we were doing and it was over pretty quickly. But he was sweet about it and held me for a while, then went and blabbed to all his mates about it so I gave him the boot.'

'And then me?'

'Yep.'

'Fuck,' I breathed. This girl was practically a virgin. 'Jodes, I'm so sorry about last night...'

'Shhhh,' she said pressing her fingertips to my lips. 'Don't be, I was so horny when you came in I wanted you, but I couldn't ask and then you were blabbing on about shit and I was thinking that if you're not going to make a move then piss off and let me go to sleep...'

'But you went to leave,' I pointed out.

'Uh-huh,' she nodded, 'to go to sleep.'

'And then I...'

'Raped me?' My heart sank at the use of the word. It seemed to me that she had seen it that way.

'Yeah,' I whispered.

'It wasn't, not really. I wanted it, I wanted you and I didn't. I was scared because of Kelly, the kids...shit everything. You had to take me like that cos there was no way I was just going to say yes. But once it started...it was so good.' She squirmed against me and her hand found my flaccid cock, still sticky with our juices. She began to fondle me.

'Its going to be a while I'm afraid,' I warned her.

'Tell me how to get it hard.' I could hear the lust growing in her voice. 'Tell me how Kelly got you hard.' Her mouth started working across my shoulder and neck. My heartbeat was increasing and I pushed against her hand. Lust was building in my stomach, but it wasn't having the desired effect. 

'She'd use her mouth on me,' I growled. Jodi hesitated for a moment then she turned sideways across the bed, and her mouth encompassed me.

'Yuck!' she exclaimed. 'Kelly sucked you after sex?' Jodi looked at me and I saw the disbelief in her eyes.

'If she wanted me hard so that I could fuck her, yep.' I was provoking her now, seeing if inside her was a woman who would rise to the challenge. I suspected there was, the night with Amber had revealed a glimpse of it. Sure enough her soft lips were wrapped around the tip of my cock which had swelled a small amount. When she ran her tongue over the head I groaned and at once I felt the hardening begin. I always loved it when Kelly would take me from flaccid to hard in her mouth, and the fact that this eighteen year old was doing it added to the thrill. 

In under a minute I was hard and Jodi was working her mouth over me a little awkwardly. I placed my hand on her head and with a combination of gentle guiding pressure and words I taught her to go down on me the way I liked it. I explained to her that I loved it when she lapped with her tongue at the underside of my crown and used her teeth to give small nips. Jodi complied. She tried to deep throat me but gagged and sat up gasping.

'Fuck me anally,' she gasped and I blinked at the wild look in her eyes. I was about to protest to her, to ask her if she was really sure, then decided that I wanted to do it. I ripped open the bedside drawer so fast that it almost landed on the floor, and reaching in I grabbed the small tube of lubricant that I sometimes used when I masturbated. I knelt and squeezed some onto my palm, then liberally coated my shaft. 

'Get on all fours,' I told her. Jodi complied and I marvelled at the smallness of her waist, the smoothness of her skin and the tightness of the muscles in her shoulders. I parted her cheeks with one hand and daubed a blob of lube on the puckered entrance. She squealed as the cold liquid contacted her. I contemplated using my finger to loosen her up, but was worried that my erection wouldn't last. So instead I moved into position behind her. 

'Okay Jodes,' I said in my most soothing voice. 'First there's gunna be a lot of pressure and you'll wanna resist. You'll have to make yourself relax.' 

'Uh-huh,' she said, nodding her head that made her brown hair fall forward around her face. I pressed the head of my cock against her, and then gently pushed. Jodi gasped but didn't pull away. 

'Relax babe,' I whispered.

'Trying,' she gasped. She dropped her head onto the pillow. I felt her sphincter relax and pushed forward. The head of my cock popped into her. She was tight, incredibly tight. I moaned and pushed again. She wasn't ready and yelped, and would have pulled off me except that she tensed up and I was trapped. We both yelped, so I grabbed her waist and steadied us both.

'Slow, slow,' I murmured.

'Okay,' she whispered and I pushed forward and was rewarded with another inch buried inside her. I pulled back a little and she groaned, and I pushed forward again. 

'Ow, no, no, stop!' she exclaimed. 'Out, please, Dave get out.'

I gripped her waist and pulled back. I slid out far easier than I had entered her. 

'You okay?' I turned her and pulled her against me. 

'Yeah, I am, it just hurt more than I thought it would.' She kissed me lightly on the lips. 'Why'd you think it would hurt at all?' I was curious why such a sexually naive girl would have thought much about anal sex at all. My erection was subsiding at a rapid pace now but I was content to lie back down and hold Jodi against me.

'Amber said it would.'

'Ah, the old Amber factor again,' I said with a grin. 'She talks a lot about sex doesn't she?'

'Whenever she's drinkin' it seems to come up.'

'Does it piss you off?' 

'Mostly no, but sometimes I feel like she's showing off.'

'And you wanted to tell her she's wrong about anal?' I laughed as I said this.

'I wasn't going to tell her anything!' Jodi looked shocked at the suggestion. 'I just wanna try things, and I want you to be the one to show me. I trust you and I know you've got way more experience than me, that's all.' I hugged her tightly at that and we lay in silence. After a short while she slipped from the bed and went to the bathroom, emerging with a warm washer which she ran over my soft member.

'Hey, you haven't come,' Jodi said as she finished cleaning me, her hand fondling me. 'Tell me what to do.' The look in her eye and the way her palm gently squeezed me sent a jolt of lust through my body. 

'Anything?'

'Except anal,' she giggled. 'Anything that doesn't hurt.'

'Go down on me,' I murmured. She smiled and licked her way down to my crotch, her tongue flicking against my skin as her hand worked me semi erect. I was rock hard as soon as her lips closed around the crown and began to slide down my length. I said nothing this time, just letting her do what she wanted and I was suitably pleased to find that she remembered what I had taught her. Her mouth was so warm and moist, her tongue active along my length that I soon found myself approaching climax.

'I'm gonna cum soon,' I gasped. Jodi took her mouth from me and used her hand to stroke me faster.

'No, not like that,' I grunted. 'In your mouth.'

'What?'

'You said anything,' I reminded her. Jodi opened her mouth as if to protest but then simply lowered her face and engulfed me again. I groaned in appreciation and tried to keep my hips under control as she increased the intensity of her oral ministrations. She was a fast learner and when she lifted her mouth for a moment and urged me to cum, I lost it. My hips rose and my cum shot into her warm mouth. She went to pull away but I pushed her back down with one hand. Being the second orgasm in a short time meant it was over with speed, but it was still intense. 




Best For Who Ch. 02



'Fuck, that's awful,' she gargled and shot off into the bathroom. I heard the tap running and then she was back, snuggling against me.

'Is that a nice way to cum?' Her curiosity was genuine.

'Amazing,' I replied. I felt sleepy.

'Amber told me that she lets men do that, and I'm guessing Kelly did for you, so I figured I'd better learn too.' Her head rose and fell on my chest as my breathing began to return to normal. 'But that stuff tastes gross.'

'I know,' I murmured, 'so it makes me feel even more special when you do it.'

'Well, maybe for your birthday and Christmas, but that's about it!' We both laughed and held each other as we drifted off to sleep.

I slept badly, which was surprising given my two wonderful orgasms. It was inner demons that were fighting, driving my nocturnal brain patterns into shapes that I didn't want them to go. The dreams were confusing, not terrifying in the sense of inner fears, but bad in terms of guilt. Kelly was back, or perhaps she had never left. She wore her black suede boots that she called her pick up boots. Nothing else. Her cheeks wore uneven tiger stripes where her mascara had been dragged by her tears. Behind her were my work colleagues, Bill, Irene and Amberley. Only Kelly spoke, asking me why I couldn't wait, and why oh why was I fucking a teenager? Why was I fucking up this girl's life? Was I that selfish? I turned to leave but there was a wall behind me. When I turned back they had all pressed closer to me. I could feel Kelly's breasts firm against my chest. Hands were clawing at me.

I woke.

5.36 a.m.

It was still dark outside, though I knew if I looked east that the first glow of day would be on the horizon. Jodi slept soundly beside me. She had pulled the sheet down and revealed one perfect, pert, small breast. One leg was out and on top of the sheet. Long, smooth skinned, supple. The curve of her buttock visible. My stomach churned, and I slipped from the bed, finding my boxers on the floor beside me. I padded in silence from the bedroom, closing the door with the faintest of clicks. I pulled on my boxers while I waited for the kettle to boil and poured a cup of tea.

The air was still on the balcony and the water almost millpond smooth. The reflection of the city lights across the bay would have normally held me entranced. I sipped on my tea as thoughts jumbled around in my head like a load of clothes in the dryer. I tried to avoid focussing on the dream, but it kept coming back to me, as bad dreams do. 

Was I fucking Jodi up? Was I some desperate lecherous older man who was taking advantage of a teenager who had become financially dependant on me and emotionally involved after I had won her trust?

Was I?

A horn startled me and I looked up to see a coastal surveillance ship slice through the still water, shattering the city's mirror image. I drained my tea, lifted my knees to my chest and lowered my head with a sigh.

'What'cha doin' out here?'

Jodi's voice startled me awake and I jerked up in the seat. It was still dark though the sky had lightened considerably now. She stood beside me naked, perfect, and beautiful. Innocence. The word rose unbidden in my head. I lowered my knees and stretched my back.

'Couldn't sleep,' I said, yawning. Jodi slipped onto my lap and straddled me. I went to push her off, for a moment panic stricken that Kelly would appear in the room behind us. 

'I slept wonderfully,' she said with a dreamy smile. She leaned forward and kissed me on the lips. She slipped forward on my lap and my boxers bunched up under her and I could feel her heat against my cock. At once I began to harden. I lifted my hands to push her off me and instead they found their way to her breasts. Her skin was so warm it felt like she was melting into my palms. Her nipples were hard and she shivered at the coldness of my touch. 

She leaned forward and we kissed. I couldn't resist her and made no further effort when she reached down between us and tugged me, almost with violence, from the confines of my boxers. She lifted her hips and implanted me into her. Everything was blotted from my mind except for Jodi. The dream, the guilt, my confusion, the cold air were erased as my senses were flooded by her. She began to rock in a gentle to and fro rhythm on my lap and I released her breasts to watch them move as well. Her face was against my neck, her breath hot against my skin and her hair, soft and fine swished against my cheek and chin. I could smell the sleep on her and feel the warmth of the bed emanating from her skin. I was in heaven and I slipped my arms around her small waist to encourage her movements. I was in no danger of coming too quickly in this position despite my lack of control. 

Jodi's pace began to increase as did the feel and sound of her breath against my neck. Small feminine whimpers issued from her throat and her hands slid from my shoulders to the back of my neck as she gained a firmer purchase on me to increase her speed even faster. I could feel her grinding her clit against my shaft, and our pubic hair was mashed and pulling at each other. Then she came, crying my name in a sharp retort as she went rigid on me. I could feel her pulsate around me and then I released into her with a long ragged groan. She stayed impaled on me as I pumped my seed into her, then the tension left both our bodies and she seemed to melt against me.

'I love you.' The words were so quiet, whispered in such a gentle tone that for a moment I thought it was my mind. But it wasn't. I sat still, feeling our liquids run from her and down the inside of my thighs. Jodi nuzzled my neck and I leant back a little and she kissed me. It was deep and with an inner passion. I responded in kind and as we broke apart I opened my mouth to respond to her in kind. But she pressed her fingertips to my lips and smiled at me. All at once I felt that she was far older than her eighteen years. I smiled back and she released the pressure and leant back. Her breasts neither sagged nor drooped. 

'So why are you out here at this ridiculous time of the morning?' I started to invent an excuse, but then snapped my words short and instead told her of my dream as best I could. When I finished Jodi slipped from my lap and walked to the balcony railing to stare at the city. Looking at her naked and gloriously unaffected by the possibility that someone could be watching I felt my breath catch in my throat. I moved next to her and glanced down towards the bike path that followed the foreshore. It was empty. 

'I'm sexually naive,' she murmured, 'but I'm not naive.'

'I didn't mean...'

'No, its okay,' Jodi cut me off. 'I'm just explaining to you. I've been on my own since I was fifteen...actually longer than that, but that was when I left home. Haven't you wondered why I don't talk about my parents?' I hadn't, but tilted my head as if to say, "sure." 

'I've been guarded about people I meet all the time; it's a self defence mechanism I guess. And you never put any pressure on me, in fact you were so distant to me apart from when we talked about Courtney and Alex that I wondered if you even saw me as a woman.' I laughed at that.

'So no, you're not some dirty old man taking advantage of a wide eyed bambi...actually you are a dirty old man,' she giggled, 'if anything I'm probably taking advantage of you.' Her expression sobered then. A wolf-whistle sounded from below and we both looked down to see a pair of male cyclists had slowed almost to a halt and were looking up at us. Well at Jodi anyway. She smiled and waved and they waved back, then accelerated away.

'We should go inside,' I murmured. The sun was threatening to spill over the horizon and with it would come more cyclists and joggers getting their exercise regime in before the heat of the tropical sun made it unpleasant to do so. Jodi nodded and followed me in. I smiled at her calm demeanour. Some of the Amberley factor was rubbing off on her after all.

'I mean, you've had your wife vanish, almost lost your job and you're a typically horny male...and here I am just parading around in front of you!' We both laughed at that.

'Okay, point taken,' I said. 'I guess it's just my insecurities...'

'Get over them,' she shot back. 'Because when Kelly comes back she's going to play on them. I would!' 

'Assuming she wants to come back to me.' 

'Indeed,' Jodi replied, sitting on a bar stool while I put on the kettle and popped bread into the toaster. 'I'm assuming the worst, and if it turns out that she comes back with some hunk of surfer dude on her arm...well that's my bonus.' I hadn't really thought about the possibility that Kelly was out there screwing some guy. Or guys. The thought was actually comforting in a strange way, it eased my guilt.

I ate breakfast with gusto.



Best For Who Ch. 03



Amberley organised Jodi's birthday at our house. I was concerned that I was about to host a rock 'n' roll drug fuelled orgy from hell, but Jodi spoke sternly to her and Amber turned out to be a good listener. To a point.

She came to my office just before lunch one day, wearing a very short summer dress with tiny straps that showed her body off, made a big scene of trying to find my office before dragging me off to a nearby cafe. 

'You didn't think of just ringing me and arranging to meet me here?'

'What and miss the chance to get the office tongues wagging?' Amber winked and shook her head. 'Besides, I was hoping maybe you could point out one of the hot young things that are up and coming that might be rich and want a trophy wife?'

'Male or female?' I asked, trying to keep a straight face.

'No, sorry Dave, I'd only marry cock.' Amber's voice was loud enough that the two older dears and the next table looked startled and glanced our way.

'Sorry...' I started to say.

'Well didn't both of you?' Amber asked with her most winning smile. The look of shook on both their faces softened as they were won over by Amber's effusive personality.

'God Amber, you can be...'

'Charming? Sexy? So embarrassment?'

'All three,' I admitted. We ordered a light lunch and she chatted away about some photo shoots that she had done recently, how she enjoyed it but also enjoyed helping her mother run the agency and that she was thinking of enrolling in an MBA. When our plates had been cleared and my coffee arrived, Amber put on her serious face.

'Okay, I've got acceptances from the twenty I was allowed to invite. DJ is booked, cake is booked, booze is ordered and now I want to know if I can test this little girlfriend of yours?'

'What? Test, how?'

'That's my surprise. She's been telling me what an...education,' Amber smirked, 'you've been giving her.'

'Oh,' I raised my eyebrows. 

'I can just imagine, you filthy old man.' She laughed as she said it and I smirked back.

'I'm not that fuckin' old you know!'

'Too old for Jodi though, aren't you?' The smile disappeared and in an instant her expression was serious again and her eyes seemed to be probing through mine as though searching to read my mind.

'Why would you say that?'

'Because Jodi's my friend and I don't want her hurt.'

'I'm not going to hurt her Amber.'

'You have to say that though don't you? You'd hardly tell me that you were going to hurt her, would you? And besides, I know that you're too nice to hurt her deliberately, but Dave...it's gotta end badly.'

'Why? Because I'm twice her age? Because I have kids? Why the fuck does it have to end badly?' My voice rose a little as I spoke and the elderly duo at the table next to me looked over at us again.

'I dunno,' Amber shrugged and turned away. She smiled at our neighbours who went back to their strudels. 'I can't see...I dunno.' She looked at me and I could see a tear in her eye. I reached over and took her hand in mine. 

'What's this about Amber? You?'

'Yeah probably,' she sniffed. 'I took Jodes in off the street pretty much, I thought I could show her a way through life's fucked up bits. Instead I'm still living life like an idiot and she's found a fuckin' prince with a ready made family. Fuck!'

'Amber,' I said in shock. 'You're twenty three, not forty three. If anything, the thing that is gunna end Jodes and me will be when she realises that she hasn't seen anything of the world. She's too young to be settlin' down with a bloke and ready made family...' I stopped, not wanting to follow that particular train of thought. 'So are you.'

'Yeah, yeah, I know,' she shot back. She'd regained control of her emotions and the cheeky smile was back. She was truly beautiful when she smiled. 'A moment of jealous madness that's all. And really, why would I want to have to give up having all those men chasing me anyway!?'

'No idea, and if you like I'll chase you round the living room on Friday night just so you realise how slow dirty old men are!'

She smiled broadly at that.

'So what's this test about?'

'A bit of fun,' she replied a glint in her eye.

'I'll go with the flow, but I ain't takin' the blame if it goes wrong. Unless you want to tell me what you're planning?'

'Nah I don't.' We stood and before I could reach for my wallet she'd paid in cash. 'Actually the party was a cover to talk to you about Jodi,' she said as we reached my office. 'I'm happy for her, I really am. She wouldn't've done better with some of the dicks I set her up with...or tried to. Look after her, okay?'

'I will Amber.' She kissed me on the cheek and disappeared into the crowd.

***

The party rocked. It was loud, fun and relaxed. Jodi was having a ball and we were both appreciating Amber's efforts at being the centre of attention. It came naturally to her and there was no hint of the insecurity I had seen in the cafe. We cut the cake at midnight and shortly thereafter Amber announced we should hit the pool. The thirty odd people who had turned up seemed to suddenly be in swimmers and crowding into and around my pool. Thirty arrivals from twenty acceptances was apparently an all time low for one of Amber's parties, Jodi had assured me.

There was young nubile flesh on display everywhere. I suddenly felt old and a little overweight. But I had been made to feel part of the gang and a number of the young women had come up and told me that they thought Jodi had done alright for herself. My ego had been suitably inflated. 

At 1.30 the doorbell rang. I answered it to find a policeman there. I was about to apologise for the loud music when Amber elbowed me out of the way and dragged him inside. It was then I realised he was wearing an LAPD badge, was tanned, muscled and not at all cop like. The DJ changed the music and Jodi found herself the centre of attention on a chair in the outdoor area beside the pool as Mr Muscles began to dance vigorously and remove his uniform. The catcalling and cheering was deafening and Jodi laughed continuously in embarrassment. He stripped to the cliché leopard skin thong, got Jodi to slap his oiled, hairless buttocks, along with most of the other women in the crowd, shook his package at her, then took a bow and disappeared.

'So that was the test?' I inquired after Amber and I had closed the door behind him.

'No,' she winked at me. The party had divided between those who returned upstairs for a dance and a sit, and those who hit the pool again. Downstairs was a little quieter. Amberley took my hand and dragged me into the bathroom, closing the door and blocking out almost all the music. With a deft movement she flicked off her bikini top, revealing her perfect B cup breasts to me. Again.

'Fuck me, right now, right here. Make up for leaving me high and dry on your birthday.' She pressed herself against me as I backed up to the basin. 'I won't tell a soul.' She breathed onto my mouth and stared with desire into my eyes. I wanted to, I really did. I hardened against her and I saw the flash of victory in her stare as she felt me lengthen. Then I pushed her gently away.

'If Jodi dumps me, I'll call you...promise.' I meant it too.

'What?' Amber took a step back, put one hand on her hips and stared at me. 'You knockin' me back a second time.'

'With great regret.' My smile was rueful.

'Don't tell me you're in love with her?' She feigned shock but made no move to cover up. 

'I am.' The admission came as something of a shock to me, and the feigned expression on Amber's face became genuine. 

'Fuck, you haven't told her that though have you?' She seemed to become aware of her state of undress and with an equally deft move slipped the top back into place. 

'No, and I don't think I'd really admitted it to myself, until just now.'

'You gonna tell her?'

'Yeah, of course. So don't go spillin' the beans okay?'

'Okay.' She smiled at me, stepped forward and threw her arms around my neck for a close but non-sexual hug. 'You've passed your test.'

'Did Jodi know...?'

'That I was going to let you fuck me in the bathroom? Nah. I just told her I wanted to test you.'

'Oh, and I guess one of those gorgeous men is going to try the same with her?'

'Uh, oh no, I know her too well. That wouldn't stand a chance of success.'

'Well what's the test?' My curiosity was well and truly piqued. 

'You'll see,' Amber said in a conspiratorial tone as she led me from the bathroom. I stopped her at the bottom of the stairs. 

'So tell me Amber, would you have let me fuck you in there?'

'You'll never know,' she smiled at me and I watched her firm bottom as it swayed up the stairs. I decided to return to the pool. Jodi was there in a deep conversation with a pencil thin blonde who was one of Amber's modelling friends, and a buxom red head who had lived with the pair in the early days. The blonde's face was exquisite in that way that only East European heritage can bring. She smiled as I slipped into the pool and waded towards them, moving aside to let me sit next to Jodi.

'Where you been?' Jodi's words were a little slurred and I realised she was getting very drunk.

'Passed my test,' I replied.

'What was it?' Her eyebrows shot up and she leaned against me. Her flesh was soft and warm.

'I'll tell you later,' I murmured into her ear. She slid in front of me and I wrapped my legs and arms around her. She pushed against me and at once I was hard. The alcohol and the encounter with Amber had fired up my libido.

'Ooh, is that a gun in your pocket?' Jodi giggled as she pushed her buttocks against me.

'Yeah,' I replied as coolly as I could as the blonde smiled mischievously at us.

Amber called down from the balcony for us all to come upstairs for an announcement. Once up there I discovered that about the half the group had left. There were only three other men still present, with the other dozen being females including Jodi and Amber. The seat from downstairs was conspicuous in its commanding position in the middle of the room.

'Come on, come on,' Amber bossed, extracting Jodi from under my arm and leading her to the seat. She sat her down, produced a pair of handcuffs that were lined with pink satin from a small bag that sat on the floor next to the chair before pulling Jodi's arms back and cuffing them behind her. It had the immediate effect of thrusting her breasts forward and tightening the material significantly, showing her nipples to good effect. Larger cuffs were produced and her ankles were shackled. I wondered what was about to happen and from the looks on the faces of the others watching with me, I wasn't alone in that thought.

'Okay Jodi, you're nineteen now, so its time you gained a bit more worldliness. And I'm here to help.'

'Someone else help!' Jodi cried in mock alarm. We all giggled a little but seemed eager to see what Amber had planned.

'So, we've had the cake, the drinks, some dancing. We've met her man,' heads turned my way and I nodded, 'had a swim to help us sober up, been visited by the police...' she paused for the titters to die down. 'Now for something a bit more...adult! I give you Sasha.'

At that, the DJ spun up a dark sexy number and a slim, dark skinned woman in a blue sequinned floor length dress walked up the stairs. As she made her way towards Jodi, Amber made her way to me and settled on my lap. I was desperately conscious of the fact that her bikini revealed a lot of flesh to my vision and touch, and that her bottom and my semi erect cock were separated by two very thin, damp layers of cotton.

Sasha danced beautifully, feeling the music in tempo and beat, seeming to glide across the floor, circling Jodi, reaching out with one elegant long arm to trace from her shoulder, across the back of her neck and along her other shoulder. Her face was perfectly rounded, with full lips, a long elegant neck and dark eyes that were framed by long dark lashes. Her hair was piled onto her head. The dress revealed her back courtesy of a plunging V-line and you could see the tautness of her muscles as she danced. She was fit and beautiful, and when she straddled Jodi's lap and drew her fingers down the inside of Jodi's bikini straps, pulling them forward to tighten the material and sharpen the outline of her nipples even further, I went from semi erect to fully erect.

'Mmm, like the show do we,' Amber purred into my ear, wiggling her buttocks almost imperceptibly against me. 'Sure you don't want to meet in the bathroom again?'

'Right after the show,' I mumbled back with false bravado. I caressed the smooth skin of her flank with one had and could feel my chest tightening. I was wondering who this test was being performed on, Jodi or myself?

Sasha had reached up and untied her dress, dropping the front to reveal her breasts. They swayed in response to her dance, and I found myself entranced by her dark skin and even darker nipples. She drew Jodi's face to her chest and I saw Jodi look across at me. As our eyes met, to my complete surprise, Jodi opened her mouth and licked one nipple, then the other. The other men all gave various whoops at the sight and I heard a few laughs and cheers from the women present. At no stage did she break the eye contact between me and for a moment I wondered if I was going to come in my swimmers. Then Sasha broke the contact by slipping off Jodi's lap and allowing her dress to slip from her lithe body. She was stunning and a quick glance around the room told me that all present were hypnotised by her. I looked at Jodi and our eyes met, and I offered her a quick grin as Amberley ground down on me again, and she winked back. Sasha's thighs seemed to gleam in the low lighting and the thin strip of black pubic hair was barely visible against her dark skin. 

Sasha danced around the room making eye contact and demanding our attention. Occasionally she returned to Jodi, stroking her face, her shoulders and once reaching from behind her to cup her breasts through the bikini top. I expected Jodi to call out to her to stop, but she didn't. My erection wouldn't subside as much as I wanted it to, a problem not helped by Amber's constant wiggling and occasional seductive breathe in my ear. When Sasha stopped in front of us she leant towards Amber and they kissed, inches from my face. I couldn't suppress the moan and Sasha's wide smile at me told me that she appreciated my reaction. Then she spun on her heel and with her high tight buttocks wiggling returned to Jodi. 

Sasha squatted in front of my girlfriend, placed her palms on Jodi's knees and pushed them apart as far as she could. Despite the ankle cuffs, Jodi's knees parted enough for my side of the room to be able to see the swimmers being pulled tight across her pussy. Without warning Sasha leant forward and planted her mouth on Jodi's lycra covered mound. Jodi jumped and tried to pull away, but bound ankle and wrist she couldn't break free. Her mouth opened and she gasped as Sasha assaulted her. I could see Jodi's nipples harden, and standing behind her I could see one of the other men here unashamedly sporting a good sized erection under his swimmers.

'D'ya think that's hot?' Amber breathed in my ear. 

'Uh-huh,' was all I trusted myself to say, my eyes not leaving the scene before me. Sasha had pulled her mouth back slightly and now was assaulting Jodi with her long tongue. Jodi was jerking violently, but she wasn't trying to break free now. I recognised the moves as her desire to have more contact. And that she was going to cum soon. Amber ground down on me again, and I grabbed her waist.

'You do that a few more times and I'm gonna cum.' I was blunt because I didn't want a conversation.

'Then there'd be nothing left for Miss Conservative,' Amber giggled back. 'Though by the look of her there mightn't be much left for you tonight.' As she spoke Jodi cried out, her back arched and she threw her head back. Sasha buried her face into Jodi's pussy and I watched as my girlfriend came. It was incredible. The room had fallen into complete silence, the only sounds coming from Jodi as she rode Sasha's mouth through her climax. Amber had even stopped moving on my lap.

'Fuck, fuck, fuck, let me out. Amber!' Jodi sounded a little frantic as she came down to reality and realised we were all watching somewhat dumbfounded. Amber lifted herself from my lap and quickly released Jodi, while Sasha stood and bowed. As if on cue we applauded, the boys cheering and wolf-whistling again. Jodi stood, then staggered and at once I was beside her and providing support.

'You okay?'

'Get me into the bedroom,' she mumbled at me. I led her from the living room into our bedroom. I had a sinking feeling that she was going to tear strips from me for failing to intervene to prevent her public humiliation. Instead, the second the door closed behind us she threw herself at me and we kissed frantically. 

'Fuck me, now!' Without waiting she tore off her bikini top and ripped at the ties on the sides of her bikini, revealing her reddened and wet pussy to me. I pulled my swimmers down, my hard cock bouncing into view. Jodi turned her back to me and leant against the door, thrusting her small, tight butt towards me. I stepped forward and slipped into her warm and very wet pussy. We both sighed and she looked at me, her expression still wild.

'Did you get hard watching me?' she asked

'Yeah,' I moaned as I gently thrust myself into her. Jodi pushed back against me, meeting each thrust. I had to keep the pace slow to maintain my self control so I gripped her waist firmly.

'Could Amber feel it?' Her voice was throaty, filled with lust.

'Uh-huh,' I mumbled. 'She kept wiggling on me, pushing against me.'

'Ohh,' Jodi groaned and her head dropped forward. I reached around her and began to play with her nipples. They were still hard and she moaned as I squeezed and twisted them.

'Tell me how you'd fuck her.' 

'Like this,' I shot back straight away, pushing Jodi against the door with my body and beginning to increase my pace. 'I'd fuck her for my pleasure, not caring about her, and when I was ready to come I'd force her to her knees and cum in her mouth.' I was close now, and I sensed Jodi was too.

'Do it to me, make me do it.' Her voice was a whisper and she had lifted her head again and had her neck twisted back awkwardly so that she could look into my eyes. I saw the lust there, the desire and I felt my balls contract. It was too late to warn her so I pulled back, grabbed her by the hair and pushed her downwards. Jodi complied, almost sprawling at my feet and taking my length into her mouth. It was divine and I came as soon as her tongue touched me. She gagged and pulled away, but I still had hold of her hair and pulled her back towards me. Again she complied, this time grabbing my shaft with one hand and slipping her mouth just over the tip. I looked down into her eyes as I expended between her willing lips. Just before the last of my cum had shot from my body I slapped her hand away, pulled myself from her mouth and came onto her chin. The long strands dripped downwards onto her pert breasts. 

Releasing her hair I lifted her by the chin and pulled her to me. We hugged, bodies heaving as our breathing slowly returned to normal.

'That was...'

'Naughty?' She asked.

'Yeah, but fuckin' good,' I added. She smiled at me, her chin still a sticky mess. 'How'd I taste?'

'Awful,' she admitted. 'I'm gonna clean up.' She pulled away and disappeared into the bathroom, while I flopped onto the bed.

'Hey, don't be an old man,' Jodi scolded when she returned to the bedroom, looking considerably fresher. She grabbed a sundress from the wardrobe and slipped it on without underwear. I twitched again and smiled at her.

'Here, put these on, nothing else.' Jodi threw a pair of white cotton beach pants at me. I liked this new self confident girl of mine. We held hands as we returned to the room to find that only Sasha and Amber still present.




Best For Who Ch. 03



'Oh you bastards, look at the shit eating "we just fucked" look on their faces Sasha!' Amber was grinning widely at us and Sasha's perfect white smile looked equally pleased to see us.

'Where's the party gone?' Jodi pouted at Amber but accepted the drink offered, as did I. 

'Well I thought it was gone with you two off for a night of fornicating,' Amber snickered, 'so I sent everyone home and asked Sasha to stay with me for the night. Oh, did I tell you I'm staying downstairs tonight?'

'No, but you're most welcome,' I butted in, nodding to Sasha as well. I twitched at the thought of these two goddesses naked and rolling around in my bed downstairs. 

'Hey lover,' Jodi purred to me, 'why don't you roll us a coupl'a joints and meet us on the balcony?'

'Sure,' I replied and wandered towards the pantry to get out the Tupperware container that held my stash, rollies, pogue and lighter. As I rolled two joints I could see the three women chatting earnestly, occasionally glancing through the glass doors at me. I returned the Tupperware container to the pantry, and was about to take the joints to the balcony when Jodi walked back in and slid the door closed behind her. 

'I've got a proposition for you,' she said in that drunken, soft, horny voice of hers. 

'Yeah?' I replied cautiously. She tilted her head up to mine and kissed me on the lips, her hand cupping me through the soft material of my pants. I figured that Amber and Sasha couldn't see what was happening, their view was blocked by Jodi's body. 

'Tha' great big King size bed of your's could fit all four of us.' I looked into her eyes and saw the lust burning anew through the filmy drunken haze. I hardened to full length at what she was saying and she smiled in triumph at me.

'You get t' fuck Amber and I get Sasha, then maybe you get Sasha if there's anythin' left of you.' She giggled and we kissed again, this time our tongues lashing with urgency and her hand pumping me in unison.

'Um, Jodes' I gasped as we broke apart. Through the glass door I could see Amber being cradled in Sasha's arms as they watched us. 

'Ya?' Her voice was breathless as she looked at me with obvious expectation.

'I don't think it's a good idea.'

'What? You're jokin' right?'

'No,' I gasped as she plunged her hand down the waistband of my pants and gripped me even harder. 'Its just that you...oh...we, we're drunk, really drunk and maybe in the mornin' it won't feel the same as it does right now.'

'Tha's cos you'll be drained and hungover and won't get it up,' she giggled. 

'Seriously Jodes, let's not do this now. We'll talk in the morning, and you know what...christ that feels good...' she was stroking my entire length now. She had moved beside me and I realised that the others could see what she was doing completely unobstructed now. 'If tomorrow you think it's a good idea, we'll do it, cos it sounds like lots of fun, really.'

'C'mon,' she said and moved towards the balcony, gripping me with such strength that I didn't dare not follow. I looked at our guests to see that Amber's bikini top was gone again and Sasha's long elegant black fingers were deftly manipulating one nipple. For a moment I wondered where my life had taken me. I giggled a little at the thought of what Kelly would say if she walked in right now. 

'What you laughin' at?' Amber broke from Sasha's embrace and stepped up to me, throwing her arms around my neck and pushing her hips against my cock that was protruding against my pants. 

'Jus' imaginin' my ex walkin' in right now.' I giggled again and enjoyed the feeling of Amber's breasts against my chest. Jodi's hand released me as Amber's lips found mine. I let her tongue into my mouth and met it with mine and for a moment I was in heaven as we kissed. Her mouth was soft, her lips full and seemed to caress mine, her breath sweet in my mouth. As we broke apart I glanced behind her to see Jodi kissing Sasha on the mouth. Black and white, it was a sensuous sight. 

'Sorry gorgeous,' I murmured into Amber's ear, 'but I'm, gonna knock you back again.'

'What?' She looked at me incredulously. 'This was Jodi's idea, not mine, really!'

'Yeah I know...'

'What the fuck is up with you? Your girl says you can fuck me while she gets it on with a hot chick, and you don't want to? You gay and like your girls slim hipped and small assed so you can imagin' you're fuckin' a guy?'

'Amber, the male in me really wants to...' at that she pressed against me and we kissed again. This time when we broke apart Jodi's dress was bunched down around her waist and Sasha's long tongue was exploring my girlfriend's nipples as she stood with her head back and her eyes closed.

'But she's so pissed I reckon she'll regret it in the morn...'

'So, I regret things the next mornin' too, but I get over it and find something better.' Amber had worked her hand between us and was running her fingers over my hardness. 

'But I love her...look Amber, I said to her we'd talk about it in the mornin' and if she wants to still, we'll let you know...' Amber's fingers had curled around me now and I was close to losing my ability to stop what was happening. 'Please?' The word came out as a whisper, a plea. Amber pulled her hand back, and then kissed me softly on the mouth. Without a word she stepped to Jodi and Sasha and pulled them apart, then led Sasha from the balcony.

Jodi walked to me, letting her dress slip down her legs and she stepped out of it as we watched the others walk across the room and disappear down the stairs. I pulled her close, feeling the warmth of her slim body against mine. I picked her up and she squealed but didn't struggle. I walked to the bedroom, and placed her carefully on the mattress before pulling my pants down and kicking them free. 

Jodi parted her legs and I knelt on the bed, and when I went to go down on her, she grabbed me chin and pulled my face to hers. We kissed, a slow, languid loving kiss and only paused as I entered her. She was as wet as she had been after her show with Sasha. Our lovemaking started slowly, but the lust that burnt within us took over and soon we were slapping together. The image of Sasha's tongue caressing Jodi's small pointed nipple sent me over the edge, and my climax sent Jodi into hers. 

We were panting as I rolled off her. We lay on our sides and looked at each other in the silence. The effect of her sexual releases and the alcohol were combining to send her to sleep. Each blink was lasting longer. I thought she was gone, when I heard her whisper those three little words to me again. I smiled, and a moment later was asleep too.

***

I woke up at about ten the next morning feeling the worse for wear. I made myself some toast and ate it on the balcony replaying the events of the previous night. I wondered whether I was going through a mid life crisis forced upon me by circumstances. I was living with an eighteen year old, partying with her friends until times in the morning that I had all but forgotten existed and had been on the verge of group sex several times.

Sasha and Amber appearing at the top of the stairs an hour after I had risen broke my chain of thought. They too were worse for wear and after a cup of coffee headed off to Amber's house. Jodi appeared, showered and looking refreshed at two in the afternoon.

'You look terrible,' she offered brightly, kissing me on the cheek. 'I'm starving!' I made her a sandwich and watched her wolf it down, remaining silent and deciding to let her take the initiative. When she had finished eating she drank some water then walked to me and pressed herself against my chest.

'Did you enjoy yourself last night?'

'Uh huh,' I replied.

'Why'd you stop it?'

'Direct aren't you?' I lifted her head by the chin and smiled down at her.

'You knew I was going to ask didn't you?'

'Yup, and I stopped it cos I didn't think you were in a fit state to think it through.'

'I know I was drunk...very drunk, but I knew what I was doin'' 

'Damn!' I laughed. She smiled at me and we kissed. 'If something like that's gonna happen, I want to be sure that you've thought it through. How come you were so horny?'

'Amber slipped me an E at the start of the party.'

'Fuck, she had drugs here?' As I said it I knew how old I sounded.

'Doh!' Jodi giggled and squeezed me around the waist. 'It's basically what they all do, and it's only the second time I've ever had it.' I thought about that for a while.

'So without drugs I don't have a shot of getting you, Amber and Sasha into bed again?'

'Maybe, maybe not,' Jodi replied and pushed away from me. 

'I love you,' I said. She turned and looked at me with a smile.

'No you don't,' she said, and despite the smile there was a hint of truth in her words. 'You're married to another woman.'

***

Thirty one days later I handed her an envelope after I walked in the door from work.

'What's this?' she asked as she tore it open.

'Late birthday present,' I shot back as I poured myself vodka.

'Oh,' she said after opening the envelope, and looked at me wide eyed. 'I...fuck...'

'Jodi!' Alex exclaimed from the table. 'That's a naughty word!'

'It is indeed,' I admonished, 'and just because Jodi said it doesn't mean you can.'

'No Dad,' said Alex getting back to his spaghetti, his words echoed by Courtney who was acting as though she heard the word every day. Which she probably did.

'Dave...' tears were flowing now and she turned her back on the kids and walked to me. I cuddled her.

'Now you can say it,' she whispered.

'I love you,' I said. Courtney looked up at that and I smiled at her. 

'What did you give her Dad?'

'Um, well, it's the papers that mean Mummy and Daddy aren't married any more.' I spent the next hour until the kids were asleep assuring them that Kelly would always be their Mummy, but that we couldn't be together. They were confused, but didn't seem angry, I supposed that Kelly's prolonged absence had made them think that that's how things were always going to be. As I tucked them into bed I asked them if they'd like Jodi to live with us all the time. 

'Would we have to call her Mummy?' Alex looked confused.

'That'll be up to you,' I replied. 

'It's been good having her here,' Courtney said in her most serious grown up voice. 'So it would be best to have her stay.' I almost laughed, but suppressed it to a smile and kissed them both goodnight.

It was a Tuesday night.

On Wednesday as we fed the kids, the phone rang.

'Hi.' I knew her voice at once, as though I had spoken to her only yesterday not some fourteen months prior. Martin would ring me five days later to tell me in a rather excited voice that he had found out Kelly had returned to Australia. But right then, with her voice in my ear, Martin's investigation was the furthest thing from my mind.

'Where are you?' I thought my voice sounded calm, although the blood was pulsing through my ears as my heart raced at what seemed a thousand beats per minute. My expression must have looked odd as I saw Jodi cock her head to the side and frown at me. I mouthed Kelly's name.

'At the airport.' Twenty minutes away, maybe fifteen.

'Where are you going?' I had no intention of inviting her here.

'I want to come and see the kids,' she paused, 'and you.'

'Can it wait until tomorrow? It's a school night and they're nearly ready for bed. I'd rather talk to you without them around first up. If you come here now it'll be a huge spin out for them.'

'Oh, I hadn't thought of that.' Or of many other things I thought to myself. 'What about I come around in...an hour and a half?'

I held my hand over the mouthpiece and looked at Jodi. 'Tonight after the kids have gone to sleep?' She nodded a look of quiet resignation on her face.

'Okay, see you then.' I hung up without waiting for an acknowledgement. I immediately crossed to Jodi and took her into my arms. She was stiff against me, but when I told her that I loved her, she softened and looked up at me, tears in her eyes.

'I knew this day would come, but I'm not ready for it. I feel...like...like I don't belong...'

'You belong here, I need you Jodes. Get strong, stay strong for us.'

'I'll try, but it'll be better if you can talk to her alone. She won't be ready for this either.'

'Who's coming over?' It was Courtney who could hear the slightest hint of gossip from a whisper one hundred metres away but not hear me tell her its time for bed when I was standing beside her. Apparently.

'Someone we used to know little Miss,' I said with a smile. 'You've finished dinner, good job, now down for your bath and bed.' For once they both headed downstairs without complaining. 

'I'll do it,' Jodi offered, so I cleaned up the table and kitchen. Our tension must've been obvious to the kids as there was little protest and they were asleep within an hour of the call. I poured us both a stiff drink, flicked on the television and held Jodi in my arms as we watched distractedly, both lost in our own thoughts.

Right on time the doorbell rang.

'What do you want me to do?' She sounded scared and her eyes were wide. Like the lamb before the lion. 

'Just be you, I'll bring her up we'll offer her a drink and if she wants to stay the night, she can stay in the spare room.'

'Fuck,' Jodi said. 'She'll feel like...'

'Like the visitor she is,' I cut in, standing and putting my drink on the table. The television fell silent as I walked downstairs and I took a deep breath before unlocking the door and opening it.

Somehow she still looked the same, despite the changes. Her hair was longer, seemed fuller and wilder. Her skin was deeply tanned, her clothes hippier than I could remember. Full length skirt made of soft cotton, bare feet it seemed and a peasant crop top, if there was such a thing in peasant wardrobes, cut off to expose the waist, short puffy sleeves and puffed around her breasts. She looked healthy, relaxed and gorgeous, if a little wild.

Her eyes searched my face in that all too familiar gaze as she probed my emotional state. I saw her flinch when I turned my mouth away from her kiss and directed her lips to my cheek. 

'Come in.' She stepped forward, hesitated at the bottom of the stairs, and looked from me towards the kids' room. 

'Later,' I said, 'they've been asleep for half an hour or so, let 'em get deeper in.' Kelly nodded and headed up the stairs. As I followed I couldn't help looking at the firm bottom swishing the skirt from side to side, nor noticing the smoothness of her skin. 

'How have you been...oh, Jodi!' Kelly looked surprised to see Jodi standing beside the table. 

'Hi Kelly.' Jodi's response was soft and uncertain. 

'You've been helping with the kids?'

'She lives with me.' I wanted to be direct and to the point, but it was ambiguous although I didn't see it.

'Oh, of course, with your job and everything. Would you mind giving us some privacy?' Still the same at telling people what she wanted. I had loved that about her, but the dismissive tone angered me. I walked past Kelly and slipped my arm around Jodi's slender waist.

'No, she lives with me.' I emphasised with. Kelly's mouth opened and she blinked.

'You're fucking our baby sitter?'

'He's quite good at it too,' Jodi shot back before I could reply. I felt her tense against me, and then she leaned into me. 

'Well he would be wouldn't he? He's had twenty years more practice than you. Fuck Dave,' Kelly shook her head at me, 'a fuckin' teenager? I kinda thought you'd be in some sort of relationship, but a...a girl?'

'I think someone who walked out on her family without so much as a why or goodbye can't claim any moral high ground.' I kept my voice calm but it was difficult.

'You know what,' Jodi interjected, 'I think you guys need to talk without me around. I'll see you later.' She went to pull away but I pulled her to me and kissed her on the cheek. She headed off into the bedroom, closing the door behind her.

'Let's go outside,' I said nodding towards the balcony. 

'So?' I asked once I was seated. Kelly stood at the railing and looked over the view. She looked stunning, but I didn't feel the attraction like I once had. Where once she had taken my breath away, now I felt like I was looking at a wonderful piece of art, but one without any relevance to my life.

'I was so stressed, so unsure of who I was, where I was going or where I wanted to go. Then Carla rang in tears, Mark had walked out and she was going away and she didn't know where. And I suddenly knew I had to go too.'

Carla was one of her "pre-us" friends that I didn't like and had always avoided. Mark was her paranoid and I believed, probably violent husband - or like me an ex-husband now - and apart from one unanswered call to them when I was trying to find Kelly, I hadn't tried again. My intense dislike of both of them had seen them drift from our social circle and so I found myself a bit surprised that Carla's actions had acted as a catalyst.

'And did India let you find yourself?' I tried to smile but it felt like a grimace.

'You knew I was in India?'

'I hired a private detective to find you,' I grimaced again. 'I wanted to know where the wife I loved was.' I choked for a minute then, and fought against the tears. 'That was as much as I could find out.'

'I don't expect you to understand Dave,' Kelly was talking again, still looking at the view and not at me. 'I regret that I did it the way I did, but yes, I know I'm a better balanced person, a better person full stop.' She turned and looked at me and I saw tears in her eyes. I felt sadness well up in me.

'I nearly lost everything Kell,' I replied shaking my head. I told her how it was only with Jodi's help that I held it together.

'You can't love her,' Kelly said, 'she's so young...'

'You don't know much about my life any more, and I'm sorry to say that it's not your business any more.' I laughed without humour at the timing of Kelly's return. 'Our divorce came through yesterday.' The words struck her like an open hand, Kelly stood there with her mouth open.

'C'mon Kell',' I said, 'you didn't really think I'd wait here for you to come back when you left me nothing more than a note that said nothing? Really? I waited and waited, hoping that you would call, an e-mail, some fuckin' indication that you were alive, or at least that you cared about me an' the kids.' My voice was getting louder, my tone angrier and I could see her flinch. 'But nothing. Not one fuckin' token effort. Shit, you broke your Mum and Dad's hearts too.'

'Divorced?'

'Yup and this place is in my name alone as is all your stuff that I didn't give to Bill and Irene.' 

'I should have...realised.' Her head dropped and I thought she was crying then she looked at me and smiled. It was a sad smile, but at the same time one of genuine acceptance. 'I should probably go...'

'You can sleep downstairs in the spare room,' I interrupted. 'Jodes made the bed for you, said it was probably best though if you lock the door and wait 'til the kids go to school. They're with Bill and Irene this weekend, why don't you go and rebuild some bridges there until Friday, then you can have the weekend to explain to your kids where you've been.' We looked at each other and I realised that she was a stranger to me now.

'Do they call her Mummy?' Her voice cracked a little as she asked the question.

'No, but they asked if they had to when I told them Jodi was staying. I told them that it was up to them, but that you would always be their Mummy.'

'Oh fuck!' She cried then, so I stood and held her, but kept our bodies ever so slightly apart. When she was composed I took her to her room and made her promise not to come out if she heard the kids in the morning, it would be too disruptive for them.

Jodi was awake when I entered the room. 




Best For Who Ch. 03



'Is she downstairs?'

'Yup,' I nodded. 'And no, there was no light bulb moment of understanding for me.' I recounted our conversation as I undressed. Jodi pulled the sheets back for me and as she did so I saw that she was at least topless in the bed. My body reacted and she smiled as my member rose. I slipped in beside her and we kissed, body to body. I discovered below the sheets that she was in fact naked. I flicked the light off and found her pushing me down and slipping on top of me.

'Do you still think she's beautiful?' Jodi asked the question in between kisses that were becoming more urgent and probing. She was sliding her pussy lips along the length of my erection, teasing me with the promise of entry to her inner warmth. 

'Yes,' I admitted, 'but not in the take my breath away kind of thing that she used to.'

'Like I do?' Jodi leaned down and breathed the words into my ear.

'Uh huh,' I agreed feeling her tense as the head of my cock slid ever so slightly into her. 'Or like Amber does?' That threw me and I lost concentration for a moment.

'What?' But she said nothing more, instead pressing down onto me until I was nestled inside her. She rode me slowly, her breath hot in my ear, her breasts soft against my chest as she moved only from the hips. It was only when she lifted her head so I could see her face that I saw the tears, and I kissed them from her cheeks in silence as we made love. They were warm and salty and she licked them from my lips in turn. Finally I felt my climax nearing, and told her so. She smiled and sat upright, her body lithe and firm as she rode me into a deep and long lasting orgasm. 

When I was finished she lay on me until my cock softened and slipped from her, then she slid beside me under my arm.

'Please be honest with me about how you feel about her?'

'I am,' I responded straight away, a little confused.

'Not now,' she scolded me, 'over the next week or month. It's gonna be messy and maybe you'll think it's worth another shot...'

'I won't...'

'Shh!' she admonished. 'If you do, please tell me first. Can you promise me that?'

'I promise,' I said. 

***

Kelly kept her promise the next morning, waiting for the kids to head off for school before she emerged, leaving the house after an awkward breakfast between the three of us. At her request I phoned Bill and Irene to tell them she was back and asked if they wanted to see her. Irene broke down crying, Bill's voice was shaky but relieved, as a father should be after his daughter finally came back to life. I ordered her a cab and paid for it, I had no intention of letting her use the car or of driving her over.

I told the kids on Friday morning. They still wanted to go to school as there was an excursion to the zoo. Courtney was somewhat subdued and I saw the hurt in her eyes that she had been suppressing. Alex was just excited. I hugged them both and told them I loved them with more emphasis than I normally did. 

Jodi insisted that she would drive the kids to Bill and Irene's after school as she always did on Friday. I was home early and when she walked in I saw happiness in her face that took away the tension that had been building over the past two days.

'They hugged me, invited me in for tea, all the usual things.' Jodi was pleased as punch and I almost felt that their continued acceptance of her was more important than mine. 'I said I wouldn't come in, that it might be a bit awkward, and then Irene hugged me and told me she loved me. Me!' Jodi threw her arms around me and we kissed.

'Why wouldn't she?' I laughed. 

Chapter 04

Two weeks later, Kelly dropped a bombshell on me. She had brought the kids back from her parents' place, bathed them and put them to bed. Jodi had hung around upstairs not wanting to interfere with Kelly's time with the kids, which was sweet. As I held the door open, Kelly paused as she crossed the step. 

'Dave, I need to get a job and get myself sorted.'

'That's probably a good idea,' I replied.

'I can't live at Mum and Dad's; we'll drive each other insane.' I smiled at the fact that she recognised Bill and Irene's sanity was on the line as much as her own. Kelly had always seen the faults in her relationship with her parents as being of their doing.

'I was wondering if I could live downstairs in the spare room, just until I get a job.'

I was speechless and the thought that Kelly might have been joking only lasted a nanosecond as I saw her expression imploring me to agree.

'I can't...'

'Please, don't answer now,' she said softly. Kelly reached out and rested her hand on my elbow, and it struck me as somewhat intimate. 'Talk to Jodi, see what she has to say.' Without waiting for a response Kelly turned and walked down the path to where her car was parked. Jodi had insisted on returning Kelly's BMW, pointing out that it would give her the mobility that we all wanted her to have, and be seen as a good faith gesture. Ever practical my Jodi, I thought to myself as I walked upstairs and the startled look on my face must have been still in place.

'You okay?' Jodi's voice cut through my tumultuous thoughts.

'Kelly asked to move in downstairs until she gets a job!' I just blurted it out then started giggling. 'I was about to tell her that I thought she was joking when she said I should ask you first. Like either of us want her here. Christ!'

'It's not as crazy as it seems...' Jodi began. That cut my giggles off.

'What the fuck!?' I exclaimed, 'she can put up with her parents, that'll be the motivation that she needs to get a job.' I shook my head, 'why would either of us want her here?'

'I'm not saying I want her here Dave,' Jodi shot back. Her tone was sharp and brought me to focus. 'But it'll be good for the kids to get to know her again, and it'll probably stop her getting bitter at us if she can't find work, which means she won't be workin' on Bill and Irene to turn them against us.'

'What? Are you actually suggesting that we...'

'Yeah, I am! Right now there's no talk of lawyers and shit like that. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer, huh?'

'So she is the enemy then?' I asked with a small grin.

'Maybe,' Jodi said softly. 

'Look,' I said after a moment of thought, 'you're one of a kind and your idea kinda makes sense, but you know, I really don't want to be living with my ex-wife and my future wife. It can't be normal, you know?' Jodi was looking at me with her head tilted to one side and a quizzical expression.

'What?' I asked in exasperation.

'And who might your future wife be exactly?' I blinked then, realising what I had said. At a time like that there's only two choices; backtrack wildly or...I dropped to my knee.

'This isn't how I imagined doin' it Jodes, but will you marry me?' Her mouth dropped open and I got the giggles again. After a moment she did too, then she closed the space between us and hugged me to her chest. I remained on one knee feeling her warmth through her shirt, the softness of her breasts against my face and I could hear her heart beating.

'I can't answer that yet Dave,' she said, 'but if you agree that Kell' can move in and live downstairs, and that you can be normal around her, then I'll know that I'm not your rebound chick, or second choice or whatever.' I looked up at her and saw tears in her eyes. Not of sadness but of love. I circled her tiny waist and squeezed her against me.

'Okay,' I replied, 'but only 'til she gets a job, or for three months.'

An hour later Jodi rang Kelly to tell her that we agreed.

***

The kids were beside themselves and despite my misgivings I found myself in a kind of nervous excitement as we waited for Kelly to arrive. We had all agreed that we would start with a family barbecue and that meant Bill and Irene coming over as well, and when the doorbell rang the kids screamed as they ran to open it and I almost vomited. "What the fuck am I doing?" were the words running around my head on an endless loop as Alex and Courtney dragged their grandparents and Kelly upstairs.

The normal words of welcome were followed by awkward hugs between us all, mostly between Kelly and me, though I didn't think my ex looked too pleased to hug Jodi. The tension dropped as we walked onto the balcony, Jodi grabbed the jug of Long Island Iced Tea that she had prepared (apparently Irene's favourite which was news to me; how is it that women seem to notice so much more of the world around them?), and I grabbed beers for Bill, Kelly and me. The kids hung off Kelly and I heard both of them whispering to her over and over again if she was really moving in. To her credit I heard her reply that it would only be for a while. 

Bill helped me cook the meat while Irene and Jodi marshalled the kids into setting the table and laid out the salad. I sensed Kelly felt lost and realised that if she wasn't included a sense of resentment at being alienated in what had been her home could poison our new living arrangements before we'd even started.

'Hey Kel,' I turned from the barbecue, 'do you reckon you could cook up the meat while I drag Bill to the garage to get him to look at my car's Bluetooth setup. It's playing up again,' I added turning to Bill who shrugged. Kelly stood and accepted the tongs I offered with a smile and I saw the gratitude in her eyes.

'Sure, but don't be all night down there.' It was an expression she had used often in our previous life together. My gut lurched at the words; the familiar sound in my ears but at the same time alien after so much had changed since I'd last heard them. My life was so different, but Kelly's presence, her mannerisms and no doubt her belief that she was home was going to place me in two worlds at once. 

'C'mon Bill, I need your help...'

'Again,' he laughed and slapped me on the back as we walked down the stairs. Bill may have been retired but he had spent his life in electronics and communications. It had been his passion as a boy and had grown to be his profession as an adult and he still dabbled constantly. He waved off my phone and used his, connecting it to the car's Bluetooth system in under a minute. Then he took mine, and after some cursing at the setting's menu, finally got it to connect.

'You could read the manual you know,' he said with a small smile.

'Where's the challenge in that?' I protested.

'I think you've let yourself in for a huge challenge here,' he jerked his head upstairs. 'How did you convince Jodi that this was a good idea?'

'It was her idea Bill. Actually, it was Kell's idea and Jodi agreed with it,' I corrected myself after seeing the look of incredulity on his face. 

'And you?'

'I think its fuckin' crazy!' We laughed at that, me a little hysterically, then we headed upstairs. Kelly was in the kitchen laughing with Irene and Jodi stood just a little apart but was smiling along with them. The kids were drawing in the corner of the room. The whole scene was domestic bliss and at the same time totally surreal.

Dinner was relaxed and pleasant, Kelly talked about her trip in terms of places she had visited, the Ashram in Kashmir that she had lived in for three months; but still without a mention of why. All of us sensed the relaxed vibe and so no one asked the obvious. The White Elephant was permitted to stand silently in the corner of the room. At this point in the new living arrangement that seemed the best way to go. After dinner Bill and Irene helped Kelly put the kids to bed while Jodi and I cleaned away the dishes. 

'You okay?' I asked.

'Yeah,' she smiled. As I closed the door of the dishwasher she walked to me and I took her into my arms. We kissed then hugged, Jodi resting her head on my shoulder and I welcomed the familiar warmth of her body against mine. 

Kelly appeared with the silent tread of bare feet and both Jodi and I saw the look on her face as she saw us together. I felt Jodi tense as she went to pull away but I held her to me tightly. 

'Sorry,' Kelly said, offering a thin lipped smile. 'It's goin' to take me a while to get used to seeing you together like that, but I guess I will.'

'Sure,' I offered.

'Being back in the house, the kids, Mum and Dad, Christ it almost makes me feel I haven't been gone. But...' She looked away and I knew that she was suppressing tears. I felt Jodi give me a little push, as if to say that I should go to her and comfort her. I shook my head at her, and was surprised to see her scowl back. Jodi broke from my grip and walked over to Kelly and slipped an arm around her shoulders, leading her onto the balcony. 

Bill and Irene reappeared shortly thereafter to tell us that they were heading home now that the kids were asleep. Bill raised his eyebrows at me when he saw Jodi and Kelly on the balcony together talking earnestly. I offered a small smile and shrugged and he shook his head in response. I was guessing that he didn't approve of the whole deal. I wondered if his wisdom was something I should pay more attention to.

'Bill, go and say goodbye to the girls while I help clean the kitchen.' Bill looked as though he was about to protest, but a stern look from Irene sent him on his way. As soon as he had shut the sliding glass door behind him Irene looked at me with an expression that told me a lecture was coming my way.

'That's my daughter out there, and whatever she did to you I still love her.'

'I know that,' I said feeling unsure where this conversation was going.

'But I don't know why in hell you wanted her to come and live here...'

'Whoa Irene,' I said holding my hands up in mock surrender. 'It was never my idea!' Irene looked puzzled at that. 'Kelly asked to move back in, I initially said no then Jodes talked me into it. Its temporary, you know that, until she can get back on her feet.'

'I don't understand why Jodi would want her here?' Irene still looked puzzled.

'Nor do I really,' I smiled wryly at her. 'Irene, I'm a bloke, you women are the ones that're hard to figure out. Go ask Jodes why, I'm sure she'll make sense to you.'

'Oh, I don't know,' Irene sighed. 'I just don't want Kelly being hurt; she spends a lot of time in her room crying you know.'

'No, I didn't know,' I replied softly. 'You know I did too when she left.'

'Yes, I know,' she smiled a little sadly. 'You're lucky with Jodi, she seems much wiser than her years.' 

'I wouldn't be with her if she wasn't,' I said with as much conviction as I could muster. 'She is special to me, she's great with the kids and she's been so understanding towards Kelly when I wasn't.' We stood and looked at each other for a moment. 'Now Irene, I thought you where going to help me clean the kitchen.'

'Fat chance!' she laughed and headed out to the balcony to say her goodbyes.

***

The next few days passed through a blur of awkwardness and tension as we tried to accommodate our new flatmate who was also the mother to my children. But we started to find our routine, with Jodi and I running the morning shift, while Kelly slept in; she had never been a morning person. Consequently Kelly would run the evenings with the kids, bath time, homework and bedtime. Kelly threw herself into finding a job, not easy given her time out of the workforce, but I admired her pluck and optimism. I even had to admit to myself that some of my old affection for her was returning, but it was the affection you have for a friend, nothing more.

It was about six weeks later that I could see the rejections starting to take her toll. She had been to numerous interviews and it was her lack of recent experience that was causing her to miss out. On the Thursday Bill rang and asked if the kids could stay the weekend. He and Irene were missing their time with the kids, and it turned out that the kids were missing their time there too and were keen as mustard to go. 

***

I got home a little late on the Friday and found a kitchen turned into a cocktail bar that was clearly a contender for the messiest bar ever. Jodi and Kelly were on the balcony dancing to the speaker distorting dance music that my rock tastes couldn't identify, while holding cocktail glasses that seemed to be slopping more of their contents onto the floor than they were retaining. This party had clearly been going on for a while. 

I dropped the briefcase and walked out onto the balcony, trying to avoid the sticky patches of wet and drying alcohol that spotted the floor inside and out of the house. 

'Dave!' Jodi threw herself and the last remnants of her cocktail at me, forcing me to catch her and wear her drink. She smelt of alcohol but it wasn't unpleasant and the kiss was more than compensatory for the assault with her drink. 

'Hello darling,' I muttered, helping her to regain her balance. Then Kelly threw herself at us and I had to grab her and support all three of us.

'Having a nice little party are we?' I asked.

'You know what?' Kelly shouted at me, far louder than the music required. I shook my head to indicate that I did not "know what." 'This girlfriend of yours is alright.'

'Actually I did know that,' I replied somewhat bemusedly. 

'No, no! Really!' Kelly was very drunk. 'I was goin' through the paper for jobs...' she trailed off, '...I'm not much bloody use to anyone, am I?' The question was obviously rhetorical so I allowed her to continue without attempting a reply, 'and she...Jodes...you know her...' I nodded to encourage the story to come to an end. 'Well, she said fuck it! Fuck 'em all. Let's set up a cocktail party and fuck everything else.' Somehow I suspected that Jodi hadn't used so many expletives, it wasn't her style, but I understood that she too had understood how Kelly was getting worn down. I smiled at Jodi and she grinned back at me, evidently pleased with herself. 

'And so here we are,' I replied, raising my voice to be heard.

'Yeeahh! Here we fuckin' are!' Kelly slipped away from me and I released Jodi to the relative safety of her own balance.

'I think I should put on some clothes that don't mind bein' spilled on,' I yelled. Jodi nodded and turned away to dance again. I took the opportunity to slip inside, turning the music down to below distortion level, before continuing on to the bedroom to change. It was then that I heard the beep of my phone telling me that I had not one, but seven messages, all from Amber and within the past three minutes. According to the most recent text, she was "at the front fuckin' door and can hear the party across town so let me fuckin' in!' With a smile I headed downstairs and opened the door. Even more than usual she was a vision, wearing a red dress in the style of a slave of ancient Greece, albeit with a plunging neckline and short hemline, which set off her fetching strappy sandals that wound their way seductively up her calf. Her hair was mostly loose, held together at the ends in a pony tail that at once appeared to be escaping and at the same time closely controlled. 

'Hello gorgeous!' I exclaimed.

'What the fuck is that?' she asked looking at the blue stain on my shirt.

'The last of Jodi's drink,' I laughed and we hugged, Amber snuggling under my arm to avoid contact with the rather viral looking stain. At that moment the music faded rapidly to almost silence.

'Dave! Dave! Amber's downstairs, she's been waiting for ages! She'll be pissed off, go and let her in!' I looked at Amber and we grinned at each other, then Amber was off up the stairs so I followed. I was unable to stop my eyes watching the hem of her skirt swaying and the smoothness of her thighs as they sashayed up the stairs.

Amber turned abruptly and smirked as she caught me looking.

'Jode's your pervy boyfriend is checkin' out my arse!' I reddened at the truth and wished that I'd had been able to indulge a couple of drinks. For me there was nothing like the buzz of inebriation to reduce the inhibitions and sharpen the witty comeback. Jodi was careering towards her friend and as they embraced Kelly walked in from the balcony.